British Tokens

17th Century Tokens, Gloucestershire, Charlton Kings, Thomas Ashmeade, Farthing, 1.05g/6h (N 1596; BW. 33); Cheltenham, Nicholas Ashmeade, Farthing, 1.09g/12h (N 1598; BW. 35), Edward Jonson, Farthing, 1.56g/12h (N 1602; BW. 38); Chipping Campden, George Freeman, Farthing, 1.18g/6h (N 1608; BW. 26), John Mosely, Farthing, 1653, 1.06g/6h (N 1609; BW. 28); Cirencester, Borough Farthing, 1668, 2.07g/12h (N 1616; BW. 44), William Constable, Farthing, 0.75g/6h (N 1622; BW. 50), Halfpence (2), 1668, 1.18g/6h (N 1624; BW. 47), 1669 octagonal, 2.23g/6h (N 1625; BW. 48-9), Elizabeth Kemble, Farthing, 1657, 1.05g/3h (N 1632; BW. 56), Bryan Mylls, Farthings, 1657 (2, different dies), 1.02g/6h (N 1633; BW. 57), 0.89g/6h (N 1634; BW. 57), Caleb Selfe, Farthing, 1666, 0.60g/12h (N 1640; BW. 65), Isaac Small, Halfpenny, 1.88g/12h (N 1641; BW. 66); Dursley, William Partridge, Farthing, 1.08g/12h (N 1644; BW. 71), Obediah Webb, Farthing, 0.86g/6h (N 1648; BW. 74) [16]. N 1625, 1640 and 1641 about very fine, N 1616 and 1632 fine but latter with tiny piercing, others generally fair £120-150

Provenance: N 1608, 1609, 1625, 1640 and *1641 B.M. Greenaway Collection [1609 from M. Davidson December 1997, 1640 and 1641 from Seaby 1967]; N 1616 M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part III, Spink Auction 62, 19 November 1987, lot 540 (part).

Thomas Ashmead, grocer; Nicholas Ashmead, grocer; Edward Johnson, mercer; William Constable, mercer; William Partridge, mercer; Obadiah Webb, mercer