Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

17th Century Tokens, London (Rural Middlesex), Hammersmith, E.S.B. at the halfe moone, Farthing, 0.86g/6h (N 9158; BW. 65); Thomas Cassell, Halfpenny, 1667, 2.72g/12h (N 9144; BW. 66); William Harding, Halfpence, 1667 (2), 2.74g/12h (N 9146; BW. 68), 2.22g/6h (N 9147; BW. 68); Alice Kirton, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.91g/3h (N 9149; BW. 69); John Richarson, Halfpenny, [16]68, 1.38g/12h (N 9151, this piece listed; BW. 73); William Simonds, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.31g/6h (N 9152; BW. 74); Richard Terrey, Farthings (2), 0.92g/3h, 0.89g/3h (both N 9155; BW. 75); Adam Wright, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.31g/3h (N 9157; BW. 77) [10]. N 9144 good fine, others generally fair to fine £150-200

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

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Provenance: N 9144 and 9152 Property of a Lady, Spink Auction 51, 16 April 1986, lot 140 (part); *N 9146 Dora Harris Collection [from R. Sharman 1986], bt D.H. May 1996; N 9147 bt Seaby June 1984; N 9151 P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 204 (part) [from Baldwin July 1987]; N 9155 at 0.92g W.J. Faulkner Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 May 1940, lot 163 (part), Dora Harris Collection [from Baldwin], bt D.H. May 1996; N 9155 at 0.89g bt Baldwin 1984; N 9157 R.W. Randall Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 387 (part), bt Seaby May 1985