17th Century Tokens, Shropshire, Bishop’s Castle, Richard Ambler, square Halfpenny, 1670, sqvare dealing, 1.41g/9h (N –; BW. 2); William Mall, Farthing, 0.65g/9h (N –; BW. 3; Lowe 103, same dies); Edward Wollaston Jr, Halfpenny, 1670, 1.53g/12h (N 3879; BW. 5) [3]. First excavated but very rare, others about fine £120-150

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

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Provenance: BW. 2 bt Baldwin 1991; BW. 3 bt N.A. Clark 1999; *BW 5 J.L. Short Collection, Spink Auction 90, 16 March 1992, lot 626 [bt Oxford Coin Fair May 1971].

Richard Ambler, apothecary