British Tokens

Anglesey, Amlwch, Lutwyche’s mule Halfpence (14), revs. woolpack (3), anglesey edges (2), 10.60g/3h, 10.37g/3h (both DH 427), edge plain, 10.11g/3h (DH 427, edge unlisted); Irish Mine Co shield (2), anglesey edge, 10.19g/12h (DH 428), london edge, 7.87g/12h (DH 428a); seated Britannia (2), 7.89g/12h, 7.62g/12h (both DH 429); seated Vulcan (2), asylum edge, 8.67g/6h (DH 430a), edge plain, 8.11g/6h (DH 430b); bust of Prince of Wales, 6.27g/12h (DH 432); ‘Cambridge’ druid, london and punctuated edge, 10.48g/12h (DH 433a); helmeted head right (2), london edge, 10.43g/12h, 10.16g/12h (both DH 434); Bishop Blaize, 13.26g/6h (DH 435) [14]. DH 435 extremely fine with considerable original colour, both DH 427s and 433a very fine, others in varied state £150-200

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

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Provenance: DH 427 at 10.60g and 429 at 7.89g L. Lowe Collection, Glendining Auction, 2 February 1983, lot 195 (part); DH 427 at 10.37g bt Seaby January 1981; DH 427 unlisted M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 58, 30 April 1987, lot 348 (part); DH 428 bt M.J. Dickinson 1997; DH 430a R.W. Randall Collection, Spink Auction 19, 3 March 1982, lot 420 (part); DH 430b bt J. Whitmore May 1982; DH 432 bt J. Whitmore September 1980; DH 433a bt S.E. Schwer February 1983; DH 434 bt Spink February 1977; *DH 435 bt J. Whitmore November 1988