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№ 272

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7 December 2015

Hammer Price:
£500

17th Century Tokens, London (Rural Middlesex), Uxbridge, Michaell Crosier, Halfpenny, 2.20g/9h (N 9254; BW. 224); Ann Engelfeild, Farthing, 1664, 0.76g/3h (N 9255; BW. 226), Halfpenny, 1668, 1.88g/2h (N 9257; BW. 225); Zachariah Godwin, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.29g/6h (N 9259; BW. 228); Will Gunn, Farthing, no ye on obv., 0.78g/6h (N 9267 rev., different [earlier] obv.; BW. 229); Luke James, Farthing, 0.64g/1h (N 9261; BW. 232); Edmund Nicholas, Farthings, [16]58, 0.95g/3h (N 9262; D 232A), 1.58g/9h (N 9262 obv., different rev., this piece listed; D 232A); John Reeve, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.58g/6h (N 9265; BW. 233); John Tayler, Halfpenny, 1666, 2.06g/9h (N 9263; BW. 234); Thomas Tayler, Farthing, 0.46g/12h (N 9264; BW. 235); John Triplet, Halfpenny, 2.59g/6h (N 9266; BW. 236) [12]. N 9257 and 9261 about very fine, N 9267 var. mediocre with a porous flan, others generally fair to fine, some better, an excellent town group, only lacking one issuer £400-500

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

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Provenance: N 9254, 9259, *9261, 9262 var., 9263, 9264 and 9265 D.A. Pickrill Collection [from Baldwin], P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 235, 236 (parts); N 9255 J.L. Wetton Collection, P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 235 (part); N 9257 Sir Marcus Clark Collection [from Seaby], W.J. Noble Collection, Part II, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 74 (part); N 9262 Dora Harris Collection, bt D.H. May 1996; N 9267 var. bt Spink May 2000; N 9266 Glendining Auction, 2 October 1985, lot 187 (part)