Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

17th Century Tokens, Lincolnshire, Grimsby, Christopher Scott, Farthing, mm. rosette on rev., 1.00g/9h (PPM 2; Smith 123; N –; BW. 114); William Tod, Farthing, 1668, 1.11g/6h (PPM 3; Smith 124; N –; BW. 115) [2]. PPM 2 a large fragment and doubly pierced, PPM 3 in excavated state, fair, both extremely rare, the latter the only example known to the cataloguer in private hands £80-100

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

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Provenance: PPM 2 J. Kendall Bourne Collection.

Christopher Scott, grocer, wife’s name Sarah (†October 1666); William Todd (b. October 1642), churchwarden 1666, alderman 1669-79, wife’s name Jane