Abington, Thomas Smith (Grocer), Farthing, 1658, in copper, 12h, m.m. voided mullet, (m.m.) THO...

Abington, Thomas Smith (Grocer), Farthing, 1658, in copper, 12h, m.m. voided mullet, (m.m.) THOMAS SMITH • 58 •, •T •S •M in centre, lozenge stops, rev. (m.m.) ABINGTON • GROCER •, three-sail ship (Babington -; Boyne & Williamson 1; SCBI Norweb I, 364; Dickinson, Cambs 1), good very fine, rare

Provenance
Purchased Nigel Clark, April 1982 - £50
William Gilbert, 'A Collection of Cambridgeshire 17th Century Tokens', Spink 19, 3 March 1982, lot 1 (with his ticket)

Formerly attributed by Boyne to the town of Abingdon, Berks, an example was recovered in the neighbouring parish of Hinxton, Cambs prompting reassignment. Surviving Apprenticeship Rolls from London confirm one Thomas Smith, Grocer's Company, accepted as his apprentice one Thomas Rutland, of Bourn, Cambridgeshire on 2 July 1644..

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