Auction Catalogue

11 April 2012

Starting at 12:00 PM

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 144

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11 April 2012

Hammer Price:
£170

17th Century Tokens, Hampshire, Petersfield, Thomas Jaques, Farthings (6, from four obv. and four rev. dies), 0.95g/6h (N 1935, this piece; BW. 132), 0.84g/6h (N 1936; BW. 132), 1.01g/6h (N 1937, this piece; BW. 131), 1.10g/3h (N 1938, this piece; BW. 131), 1.00g/6h (N 1939; BW. 131), 0.67g/3h (N 1939 rev., different [non-Ramage] obv.; Wetton pl. 12g, same dies; BW. 131); John Walker, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.12g/6h (N 1933; BW. 133) [7]. N 1933 and 1936 fine, others fair to fine but N 1937 holed in centre, N 1939 variant 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: N *1933, 1939 and 1939 variant J. Maitland Collection, BDW Auction 8, 16 November 1994, lot 748 (part) [1933 from M.J. Dickinson September 1988, 1939 from M.J. Dickinson July 1988, 1939 variant from S.E. Schwer June 1987]; 1935 and 1938 R.A. Nott Collection, Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 95, 25 November 1992, lot 467 (part); N 1936 J.L. Wetton Collection, J. Maitland Collection, BDW Auction 8, 16 November 1994, lot 748 (part) [from Spink May 1989]; N 1937 R.J. Carthew Collection, SCMB March 1946 (CT 14, part), R.A. Nott Collection, Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 95, 25 November 1992, lot 467 (part).

Thomas Jacques, innholder, acquired The White Hart in 1654