British 17th Century Trade Tokens

Limehouse, Margret Lucas, Farthings, 1663 (4), mm. rosette, reads lymas, 0.40g/12h (dies not in N; BW. –), mm. mullet, reads lime hovs (3), 1.15g/9h (N 8273 rev., different [earlier] obv.; BW. Middlesex 144), 1.08g/9h (N 8273a, this piece; BW. Middlesex 144), 0.98g/9h (N 8274; BW. Middlesex 144) [4]. First about fine and very rare, others about very fine and better £120-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The James Lamb Collection of 17th Century Tokens of the London Borough of Stepney.

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*N 8273 var. Property of a Lady, Spink Auction 51, 16 April 1986, lot 140 (part), D.B. Griffiths Collection, Part VI, DNW Auction 134, 7-8 December 2015, lot 213 (part), bt J. Cummings February 2016; N 8273a W. Gilbert Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 763 (part), bt M. Trenerry June 2014; others P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lots 221, 222 (parts) [8274 from R.A. Shuttlewood February 1981, lymas from Baldwin July 1987], D.B. Griffiths Collection, Part VI, DNW Auction 134, 7-8 December 2015, lot 213 (part), bt J. Cummings February 2016