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Lot

№ 131

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11 April 2012

Hammer Price:
£40

17th Century Tokens, Hampshire, Christchurch, John Welchman, Farthing, 1.02g/6h (N 1851; BW. 54). Fine £40-50

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

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Provenance: T.G. Anstiss Collection, DNW Auction T6, 19 March 2009, lot 6.

John Welchman, mercer, mayor in 1661, 1671 and 1683, churchwarden 1663-4, sidesman 1664-5, owned several properties in Christchurch and claimed rights over 45 acres of meadow and pasture in the New Forest