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Hertfordshire 17th Century Tokens from the Collection of the late David Griffiths

David Brandon Griffiths

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№ 70

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24 January 2023

Hammer Price:
£440

Hemel Hempstead, H.A., Farthing, 1658, 0.93g/12h (N 3003; BW. 93); William Clifton, Halfpence, 1669 (2), 1.31g/9h (N 2189; BW. 94), 1.56g/3h (N 2190b, this piece; BW. 94); William Gladman, Halfpenny, 3.03g/12h (N 2191a, this piece; BW. 95-6); Nicolas King, Farthings, 1653 (3), 1.13g/6h (N 2192; BW. 97), 0.75g/6h (N 2193; BW. 97), 0.63g/12h (N 2192-3 obv., different [later] rev.; BW. 97) [7]. N 2191 and 3003 very fine, latter rare, others generally about fine £140-£180

N 2189 bt S.E. Schwer August 1985; N 2190 with Capt. Ball May 1923, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 95, 25 November 1992, lot 521 (part) [from Baldwin]; *N 2191 Norweb Collection [from Baldwin], bt Spink July 1992; N 2192 S. Andrews Collection, Morton & Eden Auction 3, 20-21 May 2003, lot 526 (part); N 2193 C. Street Collection, bt C.S. June 1993; N 2193 var N. Bagshawe Collection, Glendining Auction, 3 November 2000, lot 828 (part); N 3003 found at Bull Dock (London), bt Stanley Gibbons May 1980