419, Lot: 562. Estimate $300. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, City of London. Covent Garden. William Sheares. Æ Farthing Token (17mm, 1.39 g, 6h). Dated 1660. + TOUCH · NOT · MINE · ANOINTED :, bust of Charles II right; C R flanking / (star) · FEARE · GOD : HONOR · THE · KING : ·, bible; 1660 above; W S flanking; IN below. Williamson –; Norweb 8679. VF, brown patina. Rare.

Ex Kenneth Vernon Graham Collection (Glendining’s, 12 June 1963), lot 331 (part of); Helen Laura Farqhuar Collection (Glendining’s, 25 April 1955), lot 193 (part of).