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London 17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer (Part III)
City of London, Bishopsgate Street, W.I.A. at the svnn, Farthings (3), 1.00g/6h (N 6588; BW. 219), 1.08g/6h (N 6588 rev., different obv.; BW. 219), 0.87g/6h (N 6588 rev., different obv.); F.M.B., the svgar lofe, Farthing, 0.84g/6h (N 6568; BW. 220); Will Bennet, Farthing, 1657, 0.68g/12h (N 6569; BW. 223); H[ugh] B[est], Farthing, 0.79g/6h (N 6586; BW. 221) [6]. N 6588 very fine but dark patina, N 6586 and 6588 vars. fine, others in varied state, N 6568 with 'river' patina
£120-150
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Provenance: N 6568 bt S.H. Monks June 2013; N 6569 SCMB July-August 1986 (M 203), bt M.J. Dickinson September 2014; N 6586 bt J. Higginbotham August 2013; *N 6588 Mrs Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 495 (part) [acquired December 1987]; N 6588 var at 1.08g bt S.H. Monks February 2010; N 6588 var at 0.87g bt R.E. Josland May 2010.
Hugh Best, innholder, The Star, fl. 1670
City of London, Bishopsgate Street, W.I.A. at the svnn, Farthings (3), 1.00g/6h (N 6588; BW. 219), 1.08g/6h (N 6588 rev., different obv.; BW. 219), 0.87g/6h (N 6588 rev., different obv.); F.M.B., the svgar lofe, Farthing, 0.84g/6h (N 6568; BW. 220); Will Bennet, Farthing, 1657, 0.68g/12h (N 6569; BW. 223); H[ugh] B[est], Farthing, 0.79g/6h (N 6586; BW. 221) [6]. N 6588 very fine but dark patina, N 6586 and 6588 vars. fine, others in varied state, N 6568 with 'river' patina
£120-150
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Provenance: N 6568 bt S.H. Monks June 2013; N 6569 SCMB July-August 1986 (M 203), bt M.J. Dickinson September 2014; N 6586 bt J. Higginbotham August 2013; *N 6588 Mrs Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 495 (part) [acquired December 1987]; N 6588 var at 1.08g bt S.H. Monks February 2010; N 6588 var at 0.87g bt R.E. Josland May 2010.
Hugh Best, innholder, The Star, fl. 1670