Details
LOT 3623
England. 'I W' of Fryer Lane, London CU Farthing Token. 1648-1672.
London mint. [IOHN WICKES BAKER *?], initial W over IM, three cinquefoils in field / STREETES : STREET[E?], FRYER LANE in two lines, two cinquefoils above, one below. Dickinson -; cf. Williamson 3128 (THAMES STREETE); SCBI 59 -; UKDFD Recording Software Online 55733 (this token). Near Very Fine. Apparently overstruck on an earlier type.(1.00gr, 16mm, 3h.).
Provenance
Found in Thames foreshore, 9 March 1985.
Property of an Essex collector.
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