Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Holborn, William Taylor, 1851, copper (2), medallist by appointment to the great exhibition, etc, revs. coining press, medals coins & tradesmen’s tokens struck, both 30mm, 10.33g/12h, 10.20g/12h (W 3072; D & W –); together with a brass Fourpence, 28mm, 7.87g/6h [3]. Last good fine, others extremely fine and scarce £70-£90

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

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Provenance: First bt S.E. Schwer October 1980; last bt J. Whitmore May 1982.

William Joseph Taylor (1802-85), medallist, die-sinker, engraver and dealer, apprenticed to Thomas Halliday in 1818, moved to London in 1829. His business addresses were 49 Queen Victoria street (1830-1), 4 Charles street, Covent Garden (1831), 5 Porter street, Soho (1832-6), 13 Conduit street (1837), 3 Litchfield street, Soho (1837-44), 33 Little Queen street, Holborn (1845-67) and 70 Red Lion street, Holborn (1868-85)