British Tokens

17th Century Tokens, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Francis Lucas, Farthings, 1666 (2, different dies), 0.90g/6h (N 1964b, this piece; BW. 152), 1.16g/12h (N 1965; BW. 152 var); Thomas Parkes, Farthing, 1.06g/6h (N 1967; BW. 155); John Patten, Farthing, 1667, 1.16g/12h (N 1968; BW. 154); Edward Pearse, Farthing, [16]67, 0.99g/3h (N 1979; D 156A), Halfpenny, 1667, 1.59g/6h (N 1980; BW. 156); Nicholas Peirson, Farthings (2, different rev. dies), 1653, 1.17g/6h (N 1969; BW. 157), 1666, 1.04g/6h (N 1970 rev., 1969 obv. [e over s in initials]; Wetton pl. 15A rev., 14M obv. [altered]; BW. 158 var) [8]. N 1968 good fine but off-centre, N 1979 and 1970 variant fine, both very rare, especially the mule, N 1980 about fine, others in varied state £150-200

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

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Provenance: N 1964b Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 95, 25 November 1992, lot 471 (part); N 1965 bt J.L. Holman October 1997; N 1967 bt N.A. Clark 1999; N 1968 bt S.R. Porter 1979; N 1969 J.L. Wetton Collection, J. Maitland Collection, BDW Auction 8, 16 November 1994, lot 749 (part) [from Spink May 1989]; *N 1970 variant bt B.M. Greenaway; N 1979 Baldwin Auction 38, 4 October 2004, lot 768; N 1980 J. Maitland Collection, BDW Auction 8, 16 November 1994, lot 749 (part) [from R. Gladdle November 1992].

Francis Lucas (†1673), silk-dyer. Thomas Parkes (†1666, of the plague). Nicholas Pearson, burgess 1645, alderman 1670, mayor 1672