Watch List notes:

London, St. Michael's Alley, Steph Hayward and Geo Backler, halfpenny, hand pouring coffee into a cup, rev. At the/ ould Coffee/ house in St/ Michells Ally/ formerly ½ Bomans (W.2695; Norweb 7615, see note), nearly extremely fine, a much better example than the Norweb specimen and very rare
Issued from what was the first coffee house in London, which was established c.1652 by Christopher Bowman (buried 1662). (£250-350)