17th Century Tokens, Berkshire, Maidenhead, William Battes, Farthing, 1659, 1.03g/12h (N 96; BW. 46); Robert Bennett, Farthing, 0.99g/6h (N 97; BW. 47); John Cherry, Farthings (2, different obv. dies), 1.20g/9h (N 98, this piece; BW. 48), 1.27g/3h (N 99; BW. 48); Edmond Stone, Farthings (4, from two obv. and two rev. dies), 0.56g/3h, 0.49g/12h (N 100, latter 100b, this piece; BW. 49), 0.67g/9h (N 101; BW. 49), 1.27g/12h (N 102; BW. 49); Joseph Taylor, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.71g/12h (N 104, this piece; BW. 50) [9]. N 98 very fine, others generally fine and better but N 100 at 0.56g scored on obverse £120-150

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

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Provenance: N 96 bt Baldwin February 1996; N 97 and 99 G. Atkins Collection, Reading CC Auction, 5 October 1998, lots 42, 43; *N 98 R.A. Nott Collection, Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection, SNC September 1987 (5360), M. Bull Collection, A Collection of 17th Century Berkshire Tokens, the property of a Gentleman, DNW Auction T5, 8 November 2007, lot 13 (part); N 100 at 0.56g bt September 1997; N 100 at 0.49g R.A. Nott Collection, Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection, SNC July 1990 (4570), J. Maitland Collection, BDW Auction 8, 16 November 1994, lot 712 (part); N 101 M. Bull Collection [from A. Hawkins April 1985], A Collection of 17th Century Berkshire Tokens, the property of a Gentleman, DNW Auction T5, 8 November 2007, lot 13 (part); N 104 R.A. Nott Collection, Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection, SNC November 1987 (6667), A Collection of 17th Century Berkshire Tokens, the property of a Gentleman, DNW Auction T5, 8 November 2007, lot 13 (part).

William Battes, mercer; Edmund Stone, mercer; Joseph Taylor, distiller