Weston, Thomas Coulson, Farthing, 1668, 0.81g/12h (N 2312/1; D 224C). Very fine and very rare; the only issue for the village
£150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Hertfordshire 17th Century Tokens from the Collection of the late David Griffiths.

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D.M. Young Collection; bt D.Y. April 1984.

Previously attributed to Somerset and tentatively linked to Lincolnshire, the finding of a specimen on farmland at Clothall, some 2km from Weston, in 2011 (PAS BH-9FS363, ex inf. Roger Paul) and information sourced from Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies by Tim Scotney (a copy sold with the lot) proves that Coulson’s tokens are Hertfordshire issues