17th Century Tokens, Nottinghamshire, Nottingham, Joshua Ellison, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.45g/6h (Preston-Morley/Pegg 77; N 3535; BW. 68); Hugh Farnworth, Halfpenny, 2.14g/9h (Preston-Morley/Pegg 78, and pl.2, 78 obv., this piece; BW. 71); Joshua Hill, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.40g/12h (Preston-Morley/Pegg 96; BW. 86) [3]. First poor, second about very fine, last about fine and rare (£80-100)

Provenance:
First H. Pegg Collection, Spink Auction 19, 3 March 1982, lot 117 (part), E.W. Danson Collection, A. Judd Collection
Second H. Pegg Collection, Spink Auction 19, 3 March 1982, lot 117 (part), A. Judd Collection
*Third J. Tanenbaum Collection, Neales Auction (Nottingham), February 1991, A. Judd Collection.

Joshua Ellison married Ruth Waring, June 1646; Joshua Hill (†1678), apothecary, owned property in Nottingham and Cotgrave, wife’s name Mary