Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

Gloucestershire, Badminton, David Arnot and John Jelly, Halfpence, 1795 (3), in copper, 10.34g/6h, in brass, 9.98g/6h (both DH 22), 9.51g/6h (DH 22a); Kempson’s mule Halfpence (4), bust of George III, revs. beggar, 9.04g/6h (DH 23), legend, 9.41g/6h (DH 24), ship, 9.84g/6h (DH 25), plough, 9.77g/12h (DH 26) [7]. DH 22 in brass fine and extremely rare, others about extremely fine and better, DH 24 bronzed, others with original colour £150-200

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

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Provenance: DH 22 in brass Fawcett/Litman Collection, D.L. Spence Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 63, 7 October 2004, lot 1241 (part); *DH 22a SNC February 1912 (97092), Fawcett/Litman Collection, D.L. Spence Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 63, 7 October 2004, lot 1241 (part); others M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 53, 19 June 1986, lot 49 (part)