Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

17th Century Tokens, Buckinghamshire, Winslow, Mathew Bishop, Halfpenny, 1666, 2.44g/9h (BM 191; P-M –; N –; BW. 145); William Gyles, Farthing, 1.70g/12h (BM 195; P-M 1003; N 347; BW. 150), Halfpenny, 1666, 1.17g/6h (BM 196; P-M 1003; N 348; BW. 149) [3]. BM 191 about fine and rare, BM 195 poor, BM 196 fine or better £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 196 bt R. Gladdle May 2002; others Hodgkin Collection, Bonhams Auction, 22 May 2002, lot 744 [BM 191 from Baldwin, BM 195 from Seaby].

Matthew Bishop (†1689), wife’s name Deborah (†June 1688). William Giles (†April 1713), feltmaker, Market place, prominent Puritan and Baptist, wife’s name Mary