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Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

David Brandon Griffiths

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№ 267

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7 December 2015

Hammer Price:
£100

17th Century Tokens, London (Rural Middlesex), Staines, John Barn[e]tt, Farthing, 1653, 1.06g/6h (N 9237; BW. 206); Abraham Bonifeild, Halfpenny, 1669, 2.67g/12h (N 9238; BW. 207); Thomas Cole, Halfpenny, 1670, 1.37g/12h (N 9243; BW. 209); William Cooke, Halfpenny, 1.29g/12h (N 9242; BW. 208); John Perkins, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.74g/12h (N 9240; BW. 211) [5]. First fine but struck on a bar end, others in varied state £100-150

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

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Provenance: N 9237 P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 231 (part) [from T. Pilson April 1981]; N 9238 and 9240 J.L. Wetton Collection, P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 231 (part) [9238 from Spink August 1989, 9240 from J.L.W. January 1981]; N 9242 W.J. Faulkner Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 May 1940, lot 164 (part), Sotheby Auction, 24 January 1979, lot 148 (part), P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 231 (part) [from Seaby December 1980]; N 9243 bt S.H. Monks September 2001