Abingdon [Berks], John Wells (Candlemaker), Farthing, 1667, in copper alloy, 4h, m.m. flower (m...

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

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

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