17th Century Tokens, Cheshire, Middlewich, Thomas Cotton, heart-shaped Halfpenny, 1669, 1.69g/12h (BW. 58). Flan crack, otherwise about fine, very rare £300-400

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

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Provenance: R.J. Carthew Collection, SCMB March 1946 (CT5, part); Fildes Collection, Sotheby Auction, 25 May 2000, lot 69 (part); with N.A. Clark June 2000; DNW Auction 64, 14 December 2004, lot 933.

Thomas Cotton, mercer, burgess 1674; his token bears the slogan althovgh bvt brass yet le me pass