British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

17th Century Tokens, Shropshire, Shrewsbury, Michaell Wildinge, Farthing, 0.48g/6h (N 3929; BW. 92), Halfpenny, 1664, 2.24g/3h (N 3930; BW. 91); Joshua Willis, Halfpence (2), mm. mullet, 1.42g/6h (N –; BW. 94; Lowe 118:21, this piece), mm. clove, 2.95g/6h (N 3931; BW. 93) [4]. BW. 92 fair and edge chipped, others fine to very fine, BW. 94 rare and overstruck on a bi-metallic Halfpenny of Will Swift of Worcester [N 5769] £120-150

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

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Provenance: BW. 91 bt Baldwin February 1980; BW. 92 C.M. Rowe Collection, bt C.M.R. December 1983; BW 93 and *94 H. Lowe Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 118 (part) [94 from Baldwin January 1948].

Michael Wilding, mercer; Joshua Willis, mercer