British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

17th Century Tokens, Lincolnshire, Spalding, Borough Halfpenny, 1667, 1.99g/3h (PPM 1; Smith 231; N –; BW. 217); Ed[ward] Ball, Halfpence (3), 1666, regular dies, 3.09g/12h (PPM 2; Smith 232; N 2980; BW. 218), 1668, regular dies, 2.18g/6h (PPM 3; Smith 233; N 2980 obv., different rev.; BW. 219), 1668/6, artisan’s dies, 0.81g/6h (PPM 5; Smith 234; N –; BW. 219); Samuell Craford, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.98g/12h (PPM 6; Smith 236; N –; BW. 221) [5]. PPM 5 mediocre but extremely rare, others about fine and better, PPM 1 lacquered and with small r stamped below the 66 of the date £120-150

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

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Provenance: PPM 1 and 5 T.W. Townsend Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 39 (part), bt Spink; *PPM 3 H.D. Gibbs Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 331 (part); others J. Kendall Bourne Collection.

Edward Ball, miller, wife’s name Johanna; Samuel Crawford, fellmonger, wife’s name Elizabeth. The letter r stamped on the obverse of the Borough halfpenny, a feature present on several specimens seen by the cataloguer, may refer to the token being officially redeemed