Tokens from the late David Griffiths Collection (Part VIII) Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera


941


BERKSHIRE, Englefield, Sir Henry Englefield, 1819, uniface copper by G. Mills, bust left, HCE monogram below truncation, 33mm, 17.07g (W 3022; BHM 977; Bell, 1966, no.2; D & W 342/12a; BDM IV, 81). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, extremely rare


£200-£300


Provenance: W.T. Ready Collection, Sotheby Auction, 15-19 November 1920, lot 948 (part); F.S. Cokayne Collection; bt Baldwin October 1988.


Sir Henry Charles Englefield, 7th Bt (1752-1822), antiquary and scientific writer, Tilney street, Mayfair, London. Although Sir Henry had sold his ancestral home at Englefield in 1792 and moved to Mayfair long before the tokens in this and the following two lots were struck, they have been retained under Berkshire in line with published literature. He died unmarried and is buried at Englefield


942


Bell, 1966, no.1; D & W 342/12c). Good very fine, toned, rare


Provenance: Bt H. Simmons October 1984 BERKSHIRE, Englefield, Sir Henry Englefield, silver, bust left, rev. HCE monogram, 18mm, 11.46g/6h (W 3023; BHM 978;


£90-£120


943


Provenance: *First Spink Auction 51, 18 April 1985, lot 545; second bt Baldwin September 1984; last bt Baldwin May 1985 BERKSHIRE, Englefield, Sir Henry Englefield (2), gilt-copper and copper, from the same dies as previous, both 18mm,


7.92g/6h, 7.97g/6h; together with a white metal squeeze of the obv., 22mm, 3.33g (W 3023; BHM 978; Bell, 1966, no.1; D & W 342/12b) [3]. First two good very fine, last fine and with loop mount


£80-£100


944


BERKSHIRE, Hampstead Norreys, Barzillai Lowsley, copper Five Shillings or medal, 1889, crest above arms, TOKEN OF LT COLONEL B LOWSLEY ROYAL ENGINEERS ISSUED 1889, rev. view of Hampstead Norreys church and graveyard, TOKEN VALUE FIVE SHILLINGS…RESTORED 28TH APRIL 1880, edge plain, 38mm, 25.85g/12h (Bell, 1966, A1). Light spotting on obverse, otherwise very fine and exceptionally rare


£150-£200 Provenance: W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 362 [from Spink].


Barzillai Lowsley (1840-1905), served in the Royal Engineers in Barbados, 1862-72, and then in Ceylon, 1872-82, ending his career with the rank of Lt-Col. The family seat was at Hampstead Norreys, near Newbury; Lowsley was a noted coin and token collector, student of Berkshire dialect and folklore and the game of whist


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