British Tokens

17th Century Tokens, Hampshire, Portsmouth, James Austen, Farthing, 1.07g/6h (N 1940; D 133B); John Aylward, Farthing, 0.92g/6h (N 1941; BW. 134); John Ballard, Farthing, 1653, 1.14g/6h (N 1942; BW. 135); Christopher Bruncker, Farthings (4, from four obv. and three rev. dies), undated (3), 1.01g/6h (N 1944; BW. 137), 0.87g/6h (N 1945; BW. 137), 1.20g/6h (N 1947; BW. 138), 1667, 0.71g/3h (N 1948; D 138A); Phillip Elmes, Farthings (2, different obv. dies), 1.14g/12h (N 1952; BW. 140), 0.84g/6h (N 1953, this piece; BW. 140 var) [9]. N 1942 and 1952 very fine, N 1940 and 1953 fair, others generally about fine, one or two better, some scarce
£140-180

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

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Provenance: N 1940 J.L. Wetton Collection, bt Spink May 2000; N 1942 J. Maitland Collection, BDW Auction 8, 16 November 1994, lot 749 (part) [from Victory Coins May 1987]; N 1944 bt October 1987; N 1945 D. Sadler Collection, DNW Auction T7, 7 October 2009, lot 280 (part); N 1947 bt S.E. Schwer; N 1948 bt J. Whitmore November 2002; N 1953 R.A. Nott Collection, Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection, bt J.L. Holman October 1997.

N 1952 only illustrated. James Austen (†1666, of the plague), baker, dismissed the office of burgess 1653. John Aylward, chandler