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Sold on 24 January 2023

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Hertfordshire 17th Century Tokens from the Collection of the late David Griffiths

David Brandon Griffiths

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№ 103

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24 January 2023

Hammer Price:
£180

Stevenage, Thomas Fletcher, Farthing, 1668, 0.88g/6h (N 2270; BW. 187); Peter Langtherne, Farthing, 1666, 0.87g/9h (N 2271; BW. 188); Robert Smith, Farthings, 1667 (2), 0.87g/3h (N 2273; BW. 191), 0.75g/3h (N 2274; BW. 191), Halfpenny, 1667, 1.26g/9h (N 2275; BW. 190) [5]. N 2275 very fine with glossy patina, others fine and better; all the issues for the town £150-£200

N 2270 bt Baldwin October 1979; N 2271 W.J. Faulkner Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 May 1940, lot 135 (part), Sotheby Auction, 24 January 1979, lot 147 (part); N 2273 C. Street Collection [from Spink June 1977], bt C.S. June 1993; N 2274 SNC May 1976 (4095), C. Street Collection, bt C.S. June 1993; *N 2275 S. Andrews Collection, Morton & Eden Auction 3, 20-21 May 2003, lot 526 (part)