Noonans
Auction 156 20-21 Feb 2019
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British Tokens from Various Properties
17th Century Tokens, SOUTHWARK, Borough High Street, A.I.B. at the beare and raged stafe, Farthing, 1.04g/6h (E 387; N 4847; BW. 289), T.C.C. at the cocke, Farthing, 1.13g/6h (E 424; N 4853; BW. 20), A.G. at the greene man, Farthing, 1651, 1.08g/6h (E 448; N 4864; BW. 41), John Stanly, Farthing, 1656, 1.08g/6h (E 524; N 4837; BW. 173); Glean Alley, Robert Webb, Halfpenny, 1668, 2.15g/12h (E 607; N 4916; BW. 236), together with a 19th century forgery of the Robert Webb Halfpenny, 1668, bearing a crescent-shaped countermark, 1.66g/1h (E 608, this piece the first illustrated; N –; cf. BW. 236) [6]. Fine to very fine £120-£150
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Provenance: *E 387 D.L. Smith Collection [from Baldwin November 1972], bt N.A. Clark October 1998; E 424 bt N.A. Clark June 1998; E 448 and 524 J.L. Wetton Collection, bt N.A. Clark September 1998; E 607 J.L. Wetton Collection, bt N.A. Clark September 1999; E 608 W.J. Faulkner Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 May 1940, lot 188 (part), J.L. Wetton Collection, bt N.A. Clark September 1999
17th Century Tokens, SOUTHWARK, Borough High Street, A.I.B. at the beare and raged stafe, Farthing, 1.04g/6h (E 387; N 4847; BW. 289), T.C.C. at the cocke, Farthing, 1.13g/6h (E 424; N 4853; BW. 20), A.G. at the greene man, Farthing, 1651, 1.08g/6h (E 448; N 4864; BW. 41), John Stanly, Farthing, 1656, 1.08g/6h (E 524; N 4837; BW. 173); Glean Alley, Robert Webb, Halfpenny, 1668, 2.15g/12h (E 607; N 4916; BW. 236), together with a 19th century forgery of the Robert Webb Halfpenny, 1668, bearing a crescent-shaped countermark, 1.66g/1h (E 608, this piece the first illustrated; N –; cf. BW. 236) [6]. Fine to very fine £120-£150
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Provenance: *E 387 D.L. Smith Collection [from Baldwin November 1972], bt N.A. Clark October 1998; E 424 bt N.A. Clark June 1998; E 448 and 524 J.L. Wetton Collection, bt N.A. Clark September 1998; E 607 J.L. Wetton Collection, bt N.A. Clark September 1999; E 608 W.J. Faulkner Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 May 1940, lot 188 (part), J.L. Wetton Collection, bt N.A. Clark September 1999