17th Century Tokens, Shropshire, Newport, Samuell Clarke, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.09g/6h (N 9475; BW. 47); Robert Huddell, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.66g/12h (N –; BW. 49; Lowe –); Will[i]am Rowe, Farthing, 0.66g/6h (N 9353; D 51A); Thomas Younge Jr, Farthing, 2.58g/9h (N 9300; BW. 53) [4]. First fine, second with edge chips, otherwise good very fine with black patina, extremely rare, others in varied state
£200-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: BW. 47 Glendining Auction, 27 February 1985, lot 252 (part), bt Baldwin March 1985; *BW. 49 bt Spink June 1984; D 51A bt R. Gladdle January 1995; BW. 53 C.M. Rowe Collection, bt C.M.R. November 1981.

Samuel Clarke (b. c. 1637), mercer; William Rowe, apothecary; Thomas Young, mercer. It is probable that the last two are not tokens of Shropshire, but of Cornwall and the Isle of Wight respectively