17th Century Tokens, Wilton, Stephen Brassier, Halfpence, 1667 (3), 1.90g/3h (N 5621; BW. 268), 1.58g/6h (N 5622; BW. 268), 2.88g/3h (N 5624; BW. 268); G.H., Halfpenny, 1666, 1.86g/6h (N 9337; D 268A); William Newman, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.39g/3h (N 5625; D 268B) [5]. First very fine, others about fine and better; all the issuers for the town £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Wiltshire Coins, Tokens and Paranumismatica formed by the late David Ward.

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Provenance: N 9337 London Coins Auction 135 (Bracknell), 4 December 2011, lot 1214 (part).

N 5621 only illustrated. At the Hilary Quarter Sessions in New Sarum in January 1670/1 (OS), Newman, a weaver, was indicted for ‘striking four halfpennies worth not more than one penny’; pleading guilty, he was fined 3s 4d (Kempson, BNJ 1973, p.129)