British Tokens

17th Century Tokens, Bedfordshire, Woburn, Francis Collman, Halfpence, 1667 (2, same dies), 1.80g/12h, 1.06g/12h (GO 101; N 52; BW. 101); Nathaniel Lawson, Farthing, 1664, 0.89g/3h (GO 106; N –; BW. 106); Francis Seagre, Halfpenny, 1667, 2.65g/12h (GO 107; N –; BW. 107) [4]. Fine to very fine, last scarce £80-100

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

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Provenance: GO 101 at 1.06g N.T. Bagshawe Collection, Glendining Auction, 3 November 2000, lot 801 (part), DNW Auction 54, 19 June 2002, lot 431 (part); others N.T. Bagshawe Collection, Glendining Auction, 3 November 2000, lot 796 (part).

GO 106 only illustrated. Francis Coleman (†c. 1693), grocer, Quaker, first wife Sarah, second wife Deborah. Nathaniel Lawson (†c. 1681), woollen draper, wife’s name Eleanor. Francis Seagre (†March 1697/8), grocer, Quaker, constable 1671, excommunicated for refusing to have his children baptised, wife’s name Susan