Auction Catalogue

11 April 2012

Starting at 12:00 PM

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 80

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11 April 2012

Hammer Price:
£360

17th Century Tokens, Buckinghamshire, Chesham, Thomas Hall, heart-shaped Halfpenny, ends of rods invisible, 1.68g/12h (BM 63; P-M 929, this piece; N 304 rev., different obv.; BW. 49). Very fine, attractively patinated £250-300

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

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Provenance: F.E. Baker Collection, acquired before January 1927; P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 929 [from F.E.B. October 1977].

Thomas Hall (1611-86), mercer and draper, churchwarden, wife’s name Mary