Cambridge, Peter Collins (Commissioner), Farthings, 1656, in brass, 6h, m.m. star (4), PETER •...

Cambridge, Peter Collins (Commissioner), Farthings, 1656, in brass, 6h, m.m. star (4), PETER • COLLINS • IN, hand holding glove, wrist over COLL, rev. (m.m.) CAMBRIDGE • 1656, W•M in centre (Cooper [1845], pp. 541; Babington 17; Searle 15; Boyne & Williamson 32; SCBI Norweb I, 378; Dickinson, Cambs 32a), about fine; others (2), similar, wrist over OLLI (SCBI Norweb I, 377; Dickinson, Cambs 32b-c), the first exceptional, extremely fine or better for issue, rare thus, the second porous, fair; lastly, the 'Ramage die', similar, wrist to COL, R above glove (Boyne & Williamson 33; SCBI Norweb I, 378; Dickinson, Cambs 33), fine, rare (4)

Provenance
i) Purchased F J Jeffrery, January 1980 - £13.50
ii, iv) 'A collection of Seventeenth Century Tokens: The Property of a Lady', Spink 51, 16 April 1986, lot 80 [part] - £120
iii) Purchased M Trenerry, Cornwall, 2001

Peter Collins was appointed Commissioner for the Commonwealth, tasked with raising the monthly £945.0.0 tax to fund the maintenance of the war against Spain.

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