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LONDON 17th CENTURY TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF QUENTIN ARCHER (PART 1)
BRITISH TOKENS, City of London, Guildhall, Thomas Ailay, Halfpenny, 1665, 1.87g/9h (N –; BW. 1296; Berry, Pepys pp.76-7). Fine, extremely rare
£300-500
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Provenance: G. Berry Collection, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012, lot 198 [from M.J. Dickinson 1989].
The Three Tuns, one of the oldest and most celebrated taverns in Pepys' day, was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. General Monk (later the Duke of Albermarle) lodged there early in 1660, precipitating the accommodation between the City and the Army which led to the restoration of the monarchy
BRITISH TOKENS, City of London, Guildhall, Thomas Ailay, Halfpenny, 1665, 1.87g/9h (N –; BW. 1296; Berry, Pepys pp.76-7). Fine, extremely rare
£300-500
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Provenance: G. Berry Collection, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012, lot 198 [from M.J. Dickinson 1989].
The Three Tuns, one of the oldest and most celebrated taverns in Pepys' day, was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. General Monk (later the Duke of Albermarle) lodged there early in 1660, precipitating the accommodation between the City and the Army which led to the restoration of the monarchy