Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

17th Century Tokens, Buckinghamshire, Colnbrook, Thomas Burcombe, Farthing, 0.95g/6h (BM 72; P-M 933, this piece; N 307; D 54A); Samuel Mills, Farthing, [16]57, 1.13g/12h (BM 78; P-M –; N –; D 54G) [2]. BM 72 with a couple of surface spots, otherwise very fine, BM 78 mediocre but very rare £60-80

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

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Provenance: *BM 72 F.E. Baker Collection, P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 933 [from F.E.B. October 1977], bt R. Gladdle; second bt N.A. Clark.

Thomas Burcombe, innholder, The White Hart, Bath road, churchwarden at Horton, wife’s name Dorothy (†January 1675). Samuel Mills (†1672), innholder, The Ostrich, Bath road, first wife Margaret (†1662), second wife Alice