Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

17th Century Tokens, Lincolnshire, Gainsborough, Thomas Johnson, Halfpenny, 1666, mm. pierced cinquefoil, 2.34g/6h (PPM 11; dies not in Smith or N; BW. 90); Samuell Parker, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.64g/12h (PPM 14; Smith 100; N –; BW. 91) [2]. First about extremely fine with black patina, very rare and the best of the five specimens known to the cataloguer, second in excavated state £150-200

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

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Provenance: *PPM 11 bt September 1989; PPM 14 bt J. Whitmore June 1988.

Thomas Johnson (†July 1687), Market place, mercer, also owned property in Boston, wife’s name Elizabeth; Samuel Parker, mercer, churchwarden 1672-3