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Auction T15 8 Nov 2017
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London 17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer (Part II)
BRITISH TOKENS, Metropolitan Middlesex, Newton Street [High Holborn], John Bustion, large Farthing, 1.27g/12h (N 8100, this piece; BW. 2067). Pincer or cancellation mark on obverse, otherwise good fine, very rare £80-100
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Provenance: Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 611 (part) [from P.C. Deane 1976].
The style of the token and the devices depicted on it (a crowned head of Charles II and a facing bust of Queen Catherine) suggests an issue date of either 1660 or 1661
BRITISH TOKENS, Metropolitan Middlesex, Newton Street [High Holborn], John Bustion, large Farthing, 1.27g/12h (N 8100, this piece; BW. 2067). Pincer or cancellation mark on obverse, otherwise good fine, very rare £80-100
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Provenance: Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 611 (part) [from P.C. Deane 1976].
The style of the token and the devices depicted on it (a crowned head of Charles II and a facing bust of Queen Catherine) suggests an issue date of either 1660 or 1661