Important British Trade Tokens

Abingdon, Henry Meales, Farthing, 1657, 0.80g/6h (N 59; BW. 7), Sarah Pleydell, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.34g/6h (N 61; BW. 8); Faringdon, John Barrett, Farthing, 1656, 1.12g/6h (N 6403; BW. 19), Thomas Cowley, Farthing, [16]57, 0.91g/3h (N 6405; BW. 22), Thomas Shepard, Farthing, [16]68, 0.47g/12h (N 6406; BW. 27); Lambourn, Henry Knighton, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.41g/9h (N 92; BW. 43) [6]. BW. 8 good fine, BW. 22 fine, others fair to fine (£50-70)

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

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Provenance:
BW. 7 bt R. Gladdle
*BW. 8 bt Baldwin February 1996
BW. 22 and 27 J. Maitland Collection, BDW Auction 8, 16 November 1994, lot 706 (part) [22 from M. Dickinson August 1990, 27 from B. Greenaway April 1993]

Henry Meales, baker; Sarah Pleydell, mercer; John Barrett, chandler; Thomas Cowley, grocer, wife’s name Martha; Thomas Shepheard, wife’s name Ann; Henry Knighton, wife’s name Christian