British Tokens (1 October 2014)

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Lot 6

Date of Auction: 1st October 2014

Sold for £290

Estimate: £140 - £180

The Collection of Somerset 17th Century Tokens formed by David Young

Bath, Henery Chapman, Farthings (2), 0.83g/6h (N 3958; BW. 13), 0.98g/12h (N 3959a, this piece; BW. 14); Walter Chapman, Farthings (3), 1.06g/6h (N 3960; BW. 15), 1.35g/6h, 0.81g/6h (both N 3961; BW. 15); John Clarke, Farthing, 1655, 1.00g/12h (N –; BW. 16); Richard Collins, Farthing, 1669, 0.73g/12h (N 3962, this piece; BW. 17) [7]. N 3961s fair, others generally fine, N 3959a better, BW. 16 very rare £140-180

Footnote

Provenance: *BW. 16 bt G. Monk September 1990; N 3958 bt Stanley Gibbons January 1980; N 3959a R.J. Carthew Collection, SCMB March 1946 (CT 31, part), R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 104, 6 July 1994, lot 449 (part); N 3960 bt Seaby May 1976; N 3961 at 1.35g DW Auction 21, 27 March 1996, lot 388 (part); N 3961 at 0.81g bt Baldwin February 1978; N 3962 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 104, 6 July 1994, lot 449 (part)