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Auction 20122  27 May 2020
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Lot 627

Starting price: 40 GBP
Price realized: 65 GBP
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Cambridge, Thomas Fenn (Baker), Farthings, undated, in copper alloy, 12h, m.m. mullet (2), (m.m.) THOMAS • FENN •, woolpack, large mullets rev. (m.m.) OF • CAMBRIDGE :, *T F* in centre (Cooper [1845] pp. 542; Babington 27; Searle 25; Boyne & Williamson 43; SCBI Norweb I, 387 this coin; Dickinson, Cambs 43); another, similar, small mullets, the first with two punchmarks, otherwise a bolder fine, the second rubbed with streaking, fine; also, Market Place, John Finch, Farthing, undated, in copper alloy, 12h, m.m. star, (m.m.) IOHN FINCH MAR, *I F* in field, rev. (m.m.) KET PLACE CAMBRI •, *I F* (Cooper [1845] pp. 542; Babington 28; Searle 26; Boyne & Williamson 44; SCBI Norweb I -; Dickinson, Cambs 44), somewhat corroded, the main devices nevertheless clear, almost fine, rare and unrepresented in the Norweb collection (3).
Provenance
i) i) Purchased Alan Fordham, Cambridge, 1980 - £10
Mrs. R. Henry Norweb collection (with this envelope)
Ralph Augustus Nott, collection purchased by Spink and sold en bloc to Mrs Norweb, 1961
ii) Purchased M Trenerry, Cornwall, 10 June 1999 - £21 (with old Spink ticket)
iii) Purchased N Clark, November 1987 - £35
Estimate: £50 - £80
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