London 17th Century Tokens from the Collection of
London (City), Cloth Fair, Richard Gimbart, Farthing, 0.58/12h (N –; BW. 680); George Holden, Farthing, 1664, 0.74g/9h (N –; D 682A); Henry Ingersole, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.58g/12h (N –; BW. 684); Mikhill Temple, Farthing, 1.13g/6h (N 6789, this piece; BW. 690); William Wittingam, Farthing, 1657, 0.72g/6h (N –; BW. 692) [5]. D 682A mediocre, others generally fine, BW. 684 very rare, others extremely rare, only one type represented in the Norweb collection£100-£150
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Provenance: N 6789 R.J. Carthew Collection, R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 289 (part); BW. 680 R.A. Shuttlewood Collection, Spink Auction 151, lot 645 (part), DNW Auction T14, 1 October 2014, lot 461 (part) [from Spink January 2004]; D 682A E.J. Luck collection, Sworders Auction (Stansted Mountfitchet), 22 October 2012, lot 1225 (part), bt S.H. Monks October 2012; BW. 684 bt D. Stuart January 2009; BW. 692 bt S.H. Monks February 2010.
Cloth Fair escaped the Great Fire, and all of these issuers except George Holden appear in the pre-Fire 1666 Hearth Tax returns. Richard Gimbart’s token is one of a select few bearing a heart as a mint mark
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London (City), Cloth Fair, Richard Gimbart, Farthing, 0.58/12h (N –; BW. 680); George Holden, Farthing, 1664, 0.74g/9h (N –; D 682A); Henry Ingersole, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.58g/12h (N –; BW. 684); Mikhill Temple, Farthing, 1.13g/6h (N 6789, this piece; BW. 690); William Wittingam, Farthing, 1657, 0.72g/6h (N –; BW. 692) [5]. D 682A mediocre, others generally fine, BW. 684 very rare, others extremely rare, only one type represented in the Norweb collection£100-£150
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Provenance: N 6789 R.J. Carthew Collection, R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 289 (part); BW. 680 R.A. Shuttlewood Collection, Spink Auction 151, lot 645 (part), DNW Auction T14, 1 October 2014, lot 461 (part) [from Spink January 2004]; D 682A E.J. Luck collection, Sworders Auction (Stansted Mountfitchet), 22 October 2012, lot 1225 (part), bt S.H. Monks October 2012; BW. 684 bt D. Stuart January 2009; BW. 692 bt S.H. Monks February 2010.
Cloth Fair escaped the Great Fire, and all of these issuers except George Holden appear in the pre-Fire 1666 Hearth Tax returns. Richard Gimbart’s token is one of a select few bearing a heart as a mint mark
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