Auction Catalogue

11 April 2012

Starting at 12:00 PM

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 164

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11 April 2012

Hammer Price:
£200

17th Century Tokens, Isle of Wight, Yarmouth, William Hide, Halfpence, 1667 (4, from two obv. dies), 1.63g/12h, 1.55g/12h (N 2045; BW. 237), 1.94g/3h, 1.63g/3h (N 2046, second this piece; BW. 237 var) [4]. First about fine, others fair, third pierced £60-80

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

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Provenance: *First T.G. Anstiss Collection, DNW Auction T6, 19 March 2009, lot 32; last R.A. Nott Collection, Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 95, 25 November 1992, lot 485 (part); others Mrs Eileen Judson Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 57, 19 March 2003, lot 1031.

The weight of N 2046 differs appreciably from that quoted in the
Sylloge