Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 11 4 Oct 2017
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Tokens, British, Southwark, Jamaica House, W. P., octagonal halfpenny, 1668, At the Jamaicoe House, man on barrel holding bunch of grapes (MD. London 1560A), fair to fine, exceedingly rare - the only recorded example
*ex W. Gilbert
This token was first published and illustrated as a London token by William Gilbert in 1927. Subsequent research by Michael Dickinson and Tim Everson revealed that it belongs to Bermondsey. See their article in the Token Corresponding Society Bulletin, June 2016, pp. 404-6. On Sunday April 14th 1667 Samuel Pepys visited the house with his wife, 'two mercers' and two of his maids, where the latter 'ran for wagers on the bowling green.'
(180-250 GBP)
*ex W. Gilbert
This token was first published and illustrated as a London token by William Gilbert in 1927. Subsequent research by Michael Dickinson and Tim Everson revealed that it belongs to Bermondsey. See their article in the Token Corresponding Society Bulletin, June 2016, pp. 404-6. On Sunday April 14th 1667 Samuel Pepys visited the house with his wife, 'two mercers' and two of his maids, where the latter 'ran for wagers on the bowling green.'
(180-250 GBP)