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Auction T20 30 Sep 2021
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The Collection of 17th Century Tokens formed by the late Robert Thompson (Part III: Final)
Middlesex (Rural), Hackney Ferry, Richard Jennings, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.62g/12h (N 6416; BW. 59). Mediocre, very rare £50-£70
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Provenance: Glendining Auction, 5 September 1984, lot 324 (part); P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 340 (part) [from J.R. Porteous September 1984].
The ferryman's dwelling was on the Essex side of the R. Lea; Jennings himself 'drowned in a flood' in February 1678/9 (O.S.)
Middlesex (Rural), Hackney Ferry, Richard Jennings, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.62g/12h (N 6416; BW. 59). Mediocre, very rare £50-£70
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Provenance: Glendining Auction, 5 September 1984, lot 324 (part); P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 340 (part) [from J.R. Porteous September 1984].
The ferryman's dwelling was on the Essex side of the R. Lea; Jennings himself 'drowned in a flood' in February 1678/9 (O.S.)