Auction Catalogue

1 October 2014

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 316

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1 October 2014

Hammer Price:
£180

Carmarthenshire, Carmarthen, John Morgan, Halfpence (6), brickwork in archway (3), carmarthen edges (2), 12.20g/6h, 11.94g/6h (both DH 5), edge plain, 11.92g/6h (DH 5a); no brickwork in archway, carmarthen edges (3), 11.53g/6h (DH 6), 13.90g/6h, 13.02g/6h (both DH 7) [6]. Both DH 7s extremely fine, one with much original colour, other patinated, one DH 5 fair to fine, others fine to very fine, DH 5a extremely rare £150-200

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

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Provenance: DH 5 at 12.20g, 6 and 7 at 13.02g W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 365 (part) [5 from Lincoln April 1912, 6 and 7 from R. Dalton July 1915], bt Baldwin 1984; DH 5 at 11.94g bt S.E. Schwer April 1982; DH 5a J.R. Farnell Sr Collection, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 26 May 1982, lot 74 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1220 (part); *DH 7 at 13.90g bt S.E. Schwer January 1982