TOKENS FROM THE LATE DAVID GRIFFITHS COLLECTION (Part IV)
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Kirton-in-Lindsey, Eustace Hooker, Halfpenny, 1665, 2.32g/12h (PPM 1; Smith 146; N 2950; BW. 135). Very fine, the only issue for the town; the best specimen of the 90 recorded by the cataloguer
£30-40
Provenance: J. Kendall Bourne Collection. Eustace Hooker, churchwarden 1682
Lincoln, Samuel Aistrop, Farthings (2), 1658, 1.20g/6h (PPM 5; Smith 155; N 2955; BW. 144), undated, mm. mullet both sides, 0.88g/3h (PPM 7; Smith 153; N 2957; BW. 142), Halfpence (3), 1667, 1.66g/12h (PPM 8; Smith –; N –; D 141A), 1668 (2, same dies), 1.77g/12h, 1.56g/12h (PPM 9; Smith 152; N 2958; BW. 141) [5]. PPM 5 fine, PPM 7 good fine, PPM 8 mediocre but extremely rare, only two others known to the cataloguer, PPM 9s very fine, the second of them overstruck on a Halfpenny of Robert Adson of Colchester, 1668 (BW. Essex 89)
£150-200
Provenance: PPM 8 T.W. Townsend Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 29; PPM 9 at 1.56g SCMB June 1981 (M 122), bt Seaby November 1982; others J. Kendall Bourne Collection.
PPM 7 only illustrated. Samuel Aistrop (†1699), mercer
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Langton-by-Spilsby, William Roweth, Halfpenny, 1.15g/12h (PPM 1; Smith 148; N –; BW. 137). Fine, very rare; the only issue for the village and the best of the five specimens known to the cataloguer
£90-120
Provenance: T.W. Townsend Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 27 (part); bt Spink 1983.
William Roweth, gardener, wife’s name Martha
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Lincoln, octagonal City Halfpence, 1669 (3, different rev. dies), 1.74g/3h (PPM 1; Smith 149-50; N 2952; BW. 138), 2.63g/9h (PPM 2; Smith 149-50; N 2953; BW. 138), 1.64g/3h (PPM 3; Smith 149-50; N 2954; BW. 138); octagonal City Farthing, 1669, 1.03g/3h (PPM 4; Smith 151; N 2951; BW. 139) [4]. PPM 2 and 4 very fine but latter with some spotting on reverse, others fine; all the civic varieties for the city
£100-150
Provenance: PPM 3 T.W. Townsend Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 28 (part), bt Spink 1983; others J. Kendall Bourne Collection.
PPM 4 only illustrated. On 22 May 1669 the City Council resolved to order £20-worth of halfpence from London, and further orders followed on 5 July 1669 (£20-worth of halfpence), 24 July 1669 (£5-worth of farthings), 20 November 1669 (£15-worth of halfpence and £5-worth of farthings) and 15 June 1670 (£10-worth of halfpence). All the tokens were dated 1669 and it is presumed that the varieties designated PPM 1 and 2, which utilise the same letter punches for the 6s and 9s in the date, correspond to the initial two orders placed in the summer of 1669. PPM 3, with larger date numerals and other changes in the calligraphy, stands apart and might equate to one of the Council’s later orders
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Lincoln, John Babb, Farthing, 1668, 1.73g/9h (PPM 10; Smith 156; N –; BW. 145); Robert Bowers, Farthing, 0.99g/9h (PPM 11; Smith 157; N –; BW. 146); Geo[rge] Bracewell, Farthing, 0.90g/6h (PPM 12; Smith 158; N –; BW. 147); Tobias Ellis, Farthing, 1.01g/6h (PPM 13; Smith 159; N –; BW. 148); Nathaniell Gray, Farthing, 1663, 1.32g/3h (PPM 14; Smith 160; N –; BW. 149); Robert Hall, Halfpenny, 3.17g/12h (PPM 15; Smith 161; N 2964; BW. 150); William Kelsey, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.88g/12h (PPM 16; Smith 162; N 2959; BW. 151) [7]. PPM 15 about very fine, PPM 13 mediocre but extremely rare, others generally about fine and better
£200-300
Provenance: PPM 11 T.W. Townsend Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 28 (part), bt Spink March 1984; others J. Kendall Bourne Collection.
PPM 15 only illustrated. John Babb, mercer, expelled from the City Council 1669; Robert Bowers, baker, wife’s name Margaret; George Bracewell (1618-67), clothworker, gentleman; Nathaniel Gray, vintner, wife’s name Elizabeth; Robert Hall (†1688), yeoman, sheriff 1666, wife’s name Anne; William Kelsey, chandler, mayor 1674-5, wife’s name Hannah (†1689)
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