British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

17th Century Tokens, Shropshire, Shrewsbury, Constantine Overton, Halfpence, 1663 (3, from two obv. and two rev. dies), mm. large rosette both sides, 2.59g/6h (N 3924 obv., different rev.; BW. 84; Lowe 118:13, this piece), mm. large rosette on obv., mullet on rev., 2.23g/9h (N 3924; BW. 84), mm. small rosette on obv., mullet on rev., 1.79g/3h (N 3924 rev., different obv.; BW. 84; Lowe 118:12, this piece); Samuell Ridgeway, Halfpenny, 1671, 1.05g/12h (N –; BW. 85; Lowe 118:14, this piece) [4]. Fine to very fine, last rare £120-150

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

View
Collection

Provenance: *First and third T.E. Tatton Collection, Sotheby Auction, 6-7 November 1911, lot 2 (part), H. Lowe Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 118 (part) [from J.H. Daniels 1911]; second bt S.E. Schwer November 1983; last H. Lowe Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 118 (part) [from Baldwin September 1950].

Constantine Overton, cordwainer; Samuel Ridgeway, grocer