The Collection of 17th Century Tokens of South London

Southwark, Borough High Street, John Foster, octagonal Halfpenny, 1667, 1.77g/6h (E 444; N 4807c, this piece; BW. 37); A.G. at the greene man, Farthing, 1651, 0.95g/6h (E 448; N 4864; BW. 41); Joseph Griffith, Farthing, 1659, 0.94g/6h (E 454; N 4810; BW. 44); M.E.H. at the 3 kings, Farthing, 0.89g/6h (E 456, this piece illustrated; N 4882; BW. 46); T.S.H. at the harrow, Farthing, 0.74g/6h (E 458; N 4865; BW. 50) [5]. Third good fine and very rare, fourth fine, others fair £120-£150---Provenance: E 444 Norweb Collection [from Baldwin]; E 448 and 456 Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 38, 25 November 1998, lot 297 (part), A.J.H. Coker Collection, DNW Auction T1, 15 December 2005, lot 1826 (part) [from M. Trenerry]; *E 454 bt S.H. Monks June 2013; E 458 Sir Richard Hayward Collection, DNW Auction T14, 1 October 2014, lot 80 (part) [from R. Sharman 1988]------For more information, additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk