British Tokens

17th Century Tokens, Buckinghamshire, Tingewick, John Durrant, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.51g/12h (BM 179 obv., different rev.; P-M 992 obv., different rev.; N –; BW. 136). About very fine, very rare £100-150

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

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Provenance: Found in the R. Thames 1985; P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 12 (part); bt T. Millett November 2001.

The late P.D. Greenall acquired at least three pieces of this issuer that had been found together in 1985; one he kept for himself [the present piece], one sold to Preston-Morley in 1986 [= P-M 1014] and one sold to Baldwin [ultimately P-M 992]. John Durrant (†1707), maltster, wife’s name Mary