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TOKENS FROM THE LATE DAVID GRIFFITHS COLLECTION (Part IV)


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Gainsborough, John Aistrop Sr, Halfpence, 1666 (2, different obv. dies), reads AISTROP, mm. small mullet both sides, 0.87g/6h (PPM 1; Smith 91; N –; BW. 83), reads ALSTROP, mm. large mullet on obv., 2.19g/9h (PPM 2; Smith 90; N –; BW. 82); Richard Barber, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.67g/12h (PPM 3; Smith 92; N 2934; BW. 84); Mathew Coates, Halfpenny, 1666, 2.51g/3h (PPM 5; Smith 93 [A]; N –; BW. 85) [4]. PPM 2 obverse good fine, reverse fair, others in varied state, PPM 3 pierced, PPM 4 in excavated state, all very rare


£100-150


Provenance: *PPM 2 J. Kendall Bourne Collection; PPM 3 T.W. Townsend Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 20 (part), bt N.A. Clark September 1988; PPM 5 bt J. Whitmore May 1988.


John Aistrop Sr (†August 1670), wife’s name Ann; Richard Barber (†July 1673), apothecary, mercer, wife’s name Mary; Matthew Coates (b.1635), wife’s name Hannah (†January 1706)


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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


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


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Gedney, Anne Orgainer, Halfpenny, 1665, 1.14g/6h (PPM 1; Scotney, TCSB 2006, p.358; Smith –; N 4057b, this piece; D Somerset 156B). Mediocre, very rare


£50-100


Provenance: R.A. Nott Collection; Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 104, 6 July 1994, lot 467 (part); D. Young Collection; bt D. Y. 2007.


Anne Orgainer (presumed †by October 1670), widow of William Orgainer (†October 1664), chandler, second husband Richard Stow (Scotney and Thompson, TCSB 2007, pp.424-5)


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Gainsborough, Mathew Coates, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.52g/3h (PPM 5; Smith 93 [A]; N –; BW. 85); Robert Ducker, Halfpenny, 1666, mm. pierced cinquefoil, 1.68g/12h (PPM 6; Smith 94; N –; BW. 86); [and Epworth], William Garland, Halfpenny, 1667, 2.18g/12h (PPM 8; Smith 96; N –; BW. 87) [3]. PPM 6 about very fine, others about fine, all very rare


£120-150


Provenance: PPM 5 Mrs Dora Harris Collection, bt R. Sharman 1995; others J. Kendall Bourne Collection.


PPM 6 only illustrated. Matthew Coates (b.1635), wife’s name Hannah (†January 1706); Robert Ducker (†March 1704), chandler, Quaker; William Garland (†1689), shopkeeper, Quaker and overseer of the Gainsborough Society of Friends, second wife’s name Mary


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Glentham, Thomas Johnson, Halfpenny, 1669, 2.11g/6h (PPM 1; Smith 103; N 2936; BW. 94). Fine to very fine, rare; the only issue for the town


£100-150


Provenance: T.W. Townsend Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 21; bt Spink 1983.


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