TOKENS FROM THE LATE DAVID GRIFFITHS COLLECTION (Part IV)
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Boston, George Walker, Farthing, mm. rosette, 0.87g/6h (PPM 29; dies not in Smith; N –; BW. 38). About very fine, the best known specimen and believed the only example in private hands
£150-200
Provenance: T.W. Townsend Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 4 (part).
George Walker (†1669), freeman 1640, hosier
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Brigg, William Melton, Farthing, 0.86g/12h (PPM 2; Smith 51; N –; BW. 46). Softly struck, fine, very rare
£80-100
Provenance: Bt J.Holman 2002. William Melton, grocer
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Bourne, William Birridge, Halfpence, [16]64 (3, three obv. and two rev. dies), point of shield to rosette, 1.92g/3h (PPM 1; Smith 45; dies not in N; BW. 39), point of shield to B (2), 2.26g/12h (PPM 2; dies not in Smith; N 2917 rev., different obv.; BW. 39), 1.79g/12h (PPM 3; dies not in Smith; N 2917; BW. 39); Will[iam] Queningbrowh, Farthing, 1656, 0.89g/6h (PPM 4; Smith 48; N 2918; BW. 43) [4]. PPM 3 good fine, others fair to fine, PPM 1 very rare; all the varieties for the town
£150-200
Provenance: *PPM 3 J.L. Short Collection, Spink Auction 90, 16 March 1992, lot 584 (part) [from Oxford Coin Fair January 1972]; PPM 4 bt R. Gladdle January 1986; others J. Kendall Bourne Collection.
William Berridge, mercer; William Queningbrough (b. 1614), mercer, wife’s name Ann
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Brigg, Peeter Metcalfe, Halfpence, 1666 (2, different rev. dies), 1.58g/9h (PPM 3; Smith 50 obv., different rev.; N 2919; BW. 45), 1.86g/9h (PPM 4; Smith 50; N 2919 obv., different rev.; BW. 45); Richard Stallard, Farthing, 1659, 0.90g/6h (PPM 5; Smith 52; N –; BW. 47); Robert Trowan, Halfpenny, 1668, 2.24g/9h (PPM 6; Smith 53; N 2920; BW. 48) [4]. PPM 5 fair and pierced, others fine or better £100-150
Provenance: PPM 5 T.W. Townsend Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 8 (part), bt Seaby March 1986; others J. Kendall Bourne Collection.
PPM 4 only illustrated. Peter Metcalfe (†by June 1692); Richard Stallard (†July 1669), innholder, The Angel; Robert Trowan, yeoman
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Brigg, John Bealey, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.19g/3h (PPM 1; Smith 49; N –; BW. 44). Fair, extremely rare; only four other specimens known to the cataloguer, all in institutions
£70-90
Provenance: Bt Seaby September 1983. John Bealey, wife’s name Elizabeth
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Brigg, Thomas Waterland, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.34g/3h (PPM 7; Smith 54; N –; D 48A). Crease mark, otherwise very fine and extremely rare; the finest of the five specimens known to the cataloguer
£150-250
Provenance: Bt R. Shuttlewood January 1993. Thomas Waterland, chandler, wife’s name Mary
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