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Auction 137 21-23 Sept 2016
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LONDON 17th CENTURY TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF QUENTIN ARCHER (PART 1)
BRITISH TOKENS, City of London, Blackfriars, James Carpin, Halfpenny, 1668, from ye ovld virginy, 1.22g/6h (N –; D –). Obverse fine, reverse about very fine, 'river' patina, extremely rare; believed the only known specimen £200-260
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Provenance: Found in the R. Thames near Cardinal's Wharf, 1985; Mrs Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 498 [from R. Sharman November 1985]
BRITISH TOKENS, City of London, Blackfriars, James Carpin, Halfpenny, 1668, from ye ovld virginy, 1.22g/6h (N –; D –). Obverse fine, reverse about very fine, 'river' patina, extremely rare; believed the only known specimen £200-260
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Provenance: Found in the R. Thames near Cardinal's Wharf, 1985; Mrs Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 498 [from R. Sharman November 1985]