British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

Sawbridgeworth, John and Sara Eve, Farthing, 0.86g/9h (N –; D 179A); Jeremiah Herne, Halfpenny, 1669, 0.86g/12h (N 2264; BW. 181); Thomas King, Farthing, 1669, 0.72g/12h (N 2265, this piece; BW. 182) [3]. N 2265 very fine, others fine but D 179A with lozenge-shaped central piercing, all very rare; all the issues for the town £200-£300

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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N 2264 W.J. Faulkner Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 May 1940, lot 135 (part), Sotheby Auction, 24 January 1979, lot 147 (part); *N 2265 Sir John Evans Collection, W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 17 July 1957 (lot 242, part) [from J.E. December 1909], R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 95, 25 November 1992, lot 540 (part); D 179A N. Bagshawe Collection, Glendining Auction, 3 November 2000, lot 852