Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

17th Century Tokens, Buckinghamshire, Newport Pagnell, Samuell Lambert, Halfpenny, 1.16g/9h (BM 132; P-M 973; N 322; BW. 101); W.F.S., Farthing, 0.67g/12h (BM 136; P-M 975; N –; BW. 105); John Thornton, Farthing, 0.71g/12h (BM 137; P-M 976; N 325; D 105A) [3]. BM 132 about very fine, BM 136 in excavated state, BM 137 fair, both very rare £70-90

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

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Provenance: *BM 132 and 136 Hodgkin Collection, Bonhams Auction, 22 May 2002, lots 741, 742 (part) [from Baldwin]; BM 137 Mrs Eileen Judson Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 57, 19 March 2003, lot 1030 (part) [from Seaby 1973].

Samuel Lambert (b. 1639), wife’s name Mary. John Thornton (†November 1680), merchant of small wares, Quaker, gaoled in 1660 and 1664 for non-conformity, first wife Elizabeth (†December 1662), second wife Susanna (†October 1691)