Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

17th Century Tokens, Buckinghamshire, Chesham, Samuel Trecher, Halfpenny, 1665, 2.08g/6h (BM 67; P-M 930; N 305; BW. 50); Richard Ware, Farthing, 1653, 0.96g/6h (BM 69; P-M 931, this piece; N 306, this piece; BW. 53); Samuell Ware, Farthing, 1658, 0.78g/9h (BM 70; P-M 932; N –; D 53A) [3]. BM 53 good fine, others in excavated state, last very rare £80-100

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

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Provenance: BM 67 bt 1998; *BM 69 Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection [from Baldwin], SNC September 1988 (5756), J. Maitland Collection, BDW Auction 8, 16 November 1994, lot 733 (part), P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 931; BM 70 Hodgkin Collection, Bonhams Auction, 22 May 2002, lot 737 [from Baldwin].

Samuel Trecher (†1687), mercer and draper, Baptist, second wife Jane (†1682). Richard Ware (b. 1608), Baptist, wife’s name Philotheta. Samuel Ware (1628-95), weaver, Baptist, wife’s name Sarah (†1674)