Important British Trade Tokens

Bourne, Will[iam] Queningbrowh, Farthing, 1656, 1.07g/12h (N 2918; BW. 43); Corby Glen, Thomas Collingwood, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.67g/9h (BW. 54); Epworth, John Marshall, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.49g/12h (BW. 75); Gainsborough, Thomas Johnson, Halfpenny, 1666, mm. sexfoil, 2.21g/12h (N 2935; BW. 90); Grantham, Edward Coddington, Farthing, 0.80g/6h (BW. 101) [5]. BW. 90 good fine but a little off-centre, BW. 54 mediocre but rare, others fair to fine (£60-80)

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

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Provenance:
*BW. 90 N.J. Hutchinson Collection, bt M. Dickinson June 1988
BW. 101 T.W. Townsend Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 22 (part), bt Seaby.

William Queningbrough, mercer, married Ann Daulbye, 1642; Thomas Collingwood, grocer; John Marshall, wife’s name Margaret; Thomas Johnson (†July 1687), mercer, Market place, also landowner in Boston; Edward Coddington, grocer