Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

17th Century Tokens, Buckinghamshire, Stony Stratford, Henrey Honnor, Halfpenny, 1664, 2.10g/6h (BM 170; P-M 987; N 338; BW. 127); Francis Penn, Farthing, 0.85g/12h (BM 172; P-M –; N –; BW. 129); John Penn, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.16g/3h (BM 173; P-M 989; N 339; BW. 130); William Smith, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.73g/3h (BM 174; P-M 989, this piece; N –; BW. 131) [4]. BM 172 better than fine but a little clipped, BM 172 mediocre, others generally about fine, last rare £100-150

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

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Provenance: BM 170 R.D. Sansom Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part II, Noble Numismatics Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 12 (part) [from R.D.S. 1973], bt R. Gladdle May 2002; BM 172 and *173 Hodgkin Collection, Bonhams Auction, 22 May 2002, lot 740 (part) [172 with Seaby 1965, 173 from Baldwin]; BM 174 P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 989 (part) [from Spink February 1977].

Henry Honnor (1636-92), from Fenny Stratford, overseer 1672, wife Mary (†August 1687). Francis Penn, mercer, wife’s name Grace (†1667). John Penn, tanner