17th Century Tokens, Oxfordshire, Banbury, George Robins, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.91g/9h (N 3576; BW. 16); Hook Norton, Richard Parcks, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.31g/12h (N 3660; BW. 107); Oxford, City Farthing, 1652, 1.16g/6h (N 3668; BW. 111-12), Joh[n] Bishop, Farthings, 1657 (2, different dies), 1.31g/12h (N 3747; BW. 121), 0.68g/6h (N 3748; BW. 121), John Bowell, Farthing, 1657, 1.07g/6h (N 3760; BW. 125), Thomas Combes, Farthings (2, different dies), 0.96g/6h (N 3767; BW. 129), 0.98g/6h (N 3772; BW. 129), Joseph Hanson, Farthing, 1670, 0.70g/12h (N 3690; BW. 138) [9]. BW. 138 very fine, others in varied state £70-90

Provenance: N 3576 and 3660 bt C.D. Cooke January 2005; N 3668 bt October 2011; *N 3690 A Collection of Seventeenth Century Tokens, Spink Auction 210, 6-7 October 2011, lot 303 (part); N 3747 bt June 2005; N 3748 bt Lockdales; N 3760 bt October 2011; N 3767 bt M.C.S. Rasmussen January 2010; N 3772 bt February 2011.

George Robins (b. May 1635), grocer, mayor of Buckingham 1663, subsequently removed to Banbury; Richard Parkes, ironmonger; John Bishop, milliner, chamberlain 1666-71, bailiff 1671-87; John Bowell (†1693), mercer, freeman 1653, chamberlain 1655, bailiff 1655-61, mayor 1680, wife’s name Cecilia; Thomas Combes (†September 1661), grocer, East Gate, freeman 1646, chamberlain 1660, wife’s name Jane (†November 1668); Joseph Hanson (†1682), glover, All Saints, freeman 1643, first wife Elizabeth, second wife Mercy