British Tokens

17th Century Tokens, Buckinghamshire, Amersham, Richard Webb, Halfpenny, [16]66, 2.57g/6h (BM 7; P-M 903, this piece; N –; BW. 6). Usual die flaw on reverse at 8 o’clock, otherwise very fine and attractive; the finest known example £90-120

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

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Provenance: P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 903 [from Corbitt & Hunter January 1970].

Richard Webb (1631-1714), tobacconist, wife’s name Susan