British Tokens

17th Century Tokens, Buckinghamshire, Marlow, Alice Boules, Halfpenny, name altered from parker to bovles, 1.33g/6h (BM 111; P-M 964, this piece; N 318; BW. 83); Silvester Widmere, Farthing, 1.25g/6h (BM 119; P-M 967, this piece; N 319; BW. 90) [2]. First good fine and rare, second fair to fine £120-150

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

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Provenance: *BM 111 Glendining Auction, 11-12 July 1929, lot 361 (part), F.E. Baker Collection [from Spink September 1929], P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 964 [from F.E.B. October 1977]; BM 119 F.E. Baker Collection, P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 967.

Alice Boules, née Parker (1629-93), wife of Richard Boules, innholder, The Queen. Silvester Widmere (1621-63), mercer, wife’s name Katherine