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Auction 20122 27 May 2020
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Abingdon [Berks], William Stevenson (Grocer), Farthings, undated (2), in copper alloy, 12h, m.m. star (m.m.) WILLIAM • STEVENSON, Grocer's arms, rev. (m.m.) IN • ABINGTON • GROCER, • W •S •M in centre (Babington -; Boyne & Williamson 5; SCBI Norweb I, 65 this coin; Dickinson, Berks 10; Scotney [2007], pp. 374), clipped planchet, otherwise patinated, good very fine; another, similar, although 6h, corroded, poor (2).
Provenance
i) Purchased Alan Fordham, Cambridge, 1980 - £15
Mrs. R. Henry Norweb collection (with this envelope)
Ralph Augustus Nott, collection purchased by Spink and sold en bloc to Mrs Norweb, 1961
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William Stevenson, the Grocer, is noted as the second-choice executor for the estate of Robert Mayott BA, late Mayor of Abingdon, Berkshire in 1683. He died later the same year and was buried at St Helen's Chancel, Abingdon.
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For further information see Tim Scotney's article 'Abingdon 17th Century Token Issuers', Token Corresponding Society Bulletin, Vol. 8, no. 10, March 2007, pp. 370-75
Estimate: £50 - £80
Provenance
i) Purchased Alan Fordham, Cambridge, 1980 - £15
Mrs. R. Henry Norweb collection (with this envelope)
Ralph Augustus Nott, collection purchased by Spink and sold en bloc to Mrs Norweb, 1961
,
William Stevenson, the Grocer, is noted as the second-choice executor for the estate of Robert Mayott BA, late Mayor of Abingdon, Berkshire in 1683. He died later the same year and was buried at St Helen's Chancel, Abingdon.
,
For further information see Tim Scotney's article 'Abingdon 17th Century Token Issuers', Token Corresponding Society Bulletin, Vol. 8, no. 10, March 2007, pp. 370-75
Estimate: £50 - £80