17th Century Tokens, Lincolnshire, Holbeach, John Benington, Halfpenny, 1670, 1.87g/12h (PPM 1; Smith 129; N –; BW. 119); Will[iam] Carre, Farthings, 1666 (2, different rev. dies), 0.72g/3h (PPM 2; Smith 130; N 2944 obv., different rev.; BW. 120), 0.92g/6h (PPM 3; Smith 130; N 2944; BW. 120); Richard Wright, Farthing, 0.96g/6h (PPM 5; Smith 131; N –; BW. 121) [4]. PPM 1 and 3 fair to fine, PPM 2 poor but extremely rare, the only specimen in private hands, PPM 4 about very fine with dark patina, rare £120-150

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

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Provenance: PPM 1 Spalding Gentlemen’s Society duplicates, Spink Auction 58, 30 April 1987, lot 126 (part), bt Baldwin September 1987; PPM 2 and *5 T.W. Townsend Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 25 (part), M. Bridgewater Collection, BDW Auction 14, 28 June 1995, lot 460; PPM 3 Mrs Dora Harris Collection [from Seaby February 1982], bt R. Sharman 1995.

Exhibition: PPM 1 British Numismatic Society, 23 October 2012.

John Bennington, mercer, Moulton; William Carre, sadler; Richard Wright (†1667), chandler, wife’s name Elizabeth