British Tokens

17th Century Tokens, Kent, Farnborough, John Smith, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.75g/3h (N 2555; Hogarth 1161; BW. Hants 65). Very fine, rare; the only issue for the town £100-150

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

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Provenance: F.E. Baker Collection; W. Winton Collection, Glendining Auction, 18 February 1987, lot 249 [from Spink 1979].

Re-attributed to Kent on the basis of two 1990 finds, one at Orpington and the other at Farnborough