17th Century Tokens, Lincolnshire, Market Deeping, Ambrose Bird, Farthing, 1.30g/3h (PPM 1; Smith 71; N –; BW. 63); Thomas Bird, Farthings (2, different rev. dies), 1.15g/12h (PPM 2; dies not in Smith; N –; BW. 64), 0.77g/3h (PPM 3; Smith 72 rev., different obv.; N –; BW. 64); William Bowman, Farthing, 1664, 0.91g/6h (PPM 5; Smith 73; N –; BW. 65) [4]. PPM 5 fine, PPM 3 about fine but with some surface veridgris, extremely rare, only one other [Spalding GS] known to the cataloguer, others in excavated state, PPM 2 pierced but very rare £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 bt R. Gladdle June 1996; PPM 2 N.J. Hutchinson Collection, bt M.J. Dickinson June 1988; *PPM 3 bt R. Gladdle June 1983; PPM 5 J. Kendall Bourne Collection.

Ambrose Bird (b. April 1632), grocer, wife’s name Millicent; Thomas Bird, chandler; William Bowman, grocer, constable 1663