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Auction 20122 27 May 2020
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Abingdon [Berks], John Wells (Candlemaker), Farthing, 1667, in copper alloy, 4h, m.m. flower (m.m.) IOHN • WELLS • OF, man making candles, rev. (m.m.) • ABINGTON • 1667, •I W• in centre, rose above and below (Babington 3; Boyne & Williamson 6; SCBI Norweb I, 66 this coin; Dickinson, Berks 11; Scotney [2007], pp. 374), some light corrosion across patinated surfaces, otherwise about very fine, rare.
Provenance
Purchased Nigel Clark, May 1990 - £20
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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One William, son of John Wells of Abingdon (deceased) was apprenticed as a gunmaker to John Hawkins (jnr) on 15 April 1714.
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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: £40 - £60
Provenance
Purchased Nigel Clark, May 1990 - £20
Mrs. R. Henry Norweb collection (with this envelope)
Ralph Augustus Nott, collection purchased by Spink and sold en bloc to Mrs Norweb, 1961
,
One William, son of John Wells of Abingdon (deceased) was apprenticed as a gunmaker to John Hawkins (jnr) on 15 April 1714.
,
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: £40 - £60