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Auction 40  5 October 2016
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Lot 2195

Estimate: 250 GBP
Price realized: 600 GBP
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London, St. James's (5): Rich Barrett, farthing, 1665, Chanler, dress hook (W.2517); Richard Chance, farthing, fleece (W.2518); R.M., farthing, 1650, The Svtler, arms W.2523); Will Slidd, halfpenny, Svtler To Ye Gvard, bust of Duke of Albemarle (?) (W.2524); Edward Smith, halfpenny, At Ye Poets Head (W.2525); St. James's Market (8): Richard Athy, octagonal halfpenny, 1668, fleur-de-lis (W.2527); Lavrance Ball, halfpenny, (16)64, Bakers' Arms (W.2529); Iohn Dickenson, halfpenny, 1669, sugar loaf/rose (W.2530); I.H., halfpenny, 1670, The White Horse (W.2533), flan crack; Thomas Iennings, farthing, man dipping candles (W.2535); Thomas Ienngs, farthing, man dipping candles (W.2536); Elizabeth Townesend, halfpenny, 1666, market place (W.2547); halfpenny, 1666, At The Qveens Head (W.2550); Westminster Market Place (5): Francis Dorington, farthing, hart (W.2531); W.F., farthing, At The Old Man, 'Old Parr's' head (W.2532); Nicholas Keeve, halfpenny, 1668, rose (W.2538); I.T., farthing, At The Sop Box, barber's soap box (W.2546); Henry Weaver, farthing, (16)65, ship (W.2548), fair to nearly very fine (18)
The device on the obverse of W.2517 described as a cheese taster in Williamson was identified as a dress hook by R.H. Thompson in an article in SNC, March 1987, p. 40. The term 'cheese taster' is not known before the 19thC.
See notes in Norweb preceding 8904 for reallocation of some tokens from St. James's Market to Westminster Market Place. (£250-350)
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