Auction Catalogue

11 April 2012

Starting at 12:00 PM

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 16

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11 April 2012

Hammer Price:
£65

17th Century Tokens, Bedfordshire, Harrold, John Bletsoe, Halfpence, 1668 (2, same dies), 1.71g/6h, 1.14g/3h (GO 50; N 32; BW. 50) [2]. First good fine but with some surface damage, second mediocre; the only issue for the village £40-50

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

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Provenance: *First Morton & Eden Auction 23, 28-9 November 2006, lot 375 (part); second N.T. Bagshawe Collection, Glendining Auction, 3 November 2000, lot 801 (part), DNW Auction 54, 19 June 2002, lot 429 (part).

John Bletsoe (†September 1701), yeoman, gentleman, wife’s name Mary (†1717)