British Tokens

17th Century Tokens, Bedfordshire, Upper Dean, Robert Day, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.11g/3h (GO 99; N –; BW. 99); Wilden, Thomas Springe, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.90g/9h (GO 100; N –; BW. 100) [2]. First creased and straightened but rare, second fair and the only issue for the village £50-70

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

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Provenance: GO 99 N.T. Bagshawe Collection, Glendining Auction, 3 November 2000, lot 795 (part), bt N.A. Clark; *GO 100 N.T. Bagshawe Collection, Glendining Auction, 3 November 2000, lot 800 (part), DNW Auction 60, 9-10 December 2003, lot 1225 (part).

Robert Day, grocer (fl. 1694), constable 1671, churchwarden 1681, wife’s name Ann (†November 1690). Thomas Spring (†1681), gentleman, constable 1669, wife’s name Judith