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Auction: 400 - Coins, Commemorative Medals and Stock Certificates - e-Auction
Lot: 107

Great Britain. An urban archaeology lot of coins and tokens (114) dredged and dug in the River Thames area. Coins, generally 17th-19th Century, though includes 2 Elizabeth I Pennies, from Great Britain, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, Russia, Portugal and Italy; also contemporary counterfeits; Tokens include wharf tallies, 17th Century Trade, Nurnberg Jetons, coin weights, and tollgate tokens. Each identified as to where it was found - Billingsgate, Queenhithe, London Bridge, Winchester Wharf, Dowgate, Cannon Street Bridge, St. Mary Overie's Dock, and Southwark Bridge. A few with holes. Fair to Fine. From the Collection of the noted archaeologist Ivor Noel Hume, OBE (1927-2017), chief archaeologist at Colonial Williamsburg and director of its archaeology program. (114)

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