Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

17th Century Tokens, Bedfordshire, Potton, Richard Atkinson, Farthing, 1661, 0.96g/12h (GO 79; N 42; BW. 79); Hugh Conny, Halfpenny, 1666, 2.29g/12h (GO 80, this piece illustrated; N 43; BW. 80); John Harper, Farthing, 1657, 1.31g/12h (GO 81, this piece illustrated; N 9416; BW. 81); Henry Rugeley, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.76g/9h (GO 82; N 44; BW. 82); [and Eynesbury, Huntingdonshire], Andrew Selby, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.78g/6h (GO 82A; N 2318; BW. Hunts. 7) [5]. GO 82 fair, others about fine or better £80-100

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

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Provenance: GO 82 N.T. Bagshawe Collection, Glendining Auction, 3 November 2000, lot 801 (part), DNW Auction 54, 19 June 2002, lot 430 (part); GO 82A bt J.L. Holman 2001; others N.T. Bagshawe Collection, Glendining Auction, 3 November 2000, lot 792 (part).

GO 81 only illustrated. Richard Atkinson (1632-1708/9), grocer, churchwarden 1661, wife’s name Katherine. Hugh Conny, also a token issuer at Caxton and Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, wife’s name Rebecca. John Harper (†February 1674/5), maltster, overseer 1667, first wife Ellen (†1668), second wife Elizabeth. Henry Rugeley (1642-90), innholder, The George and Dragon, churchwarden 1670, overseer 1676, purveyor to Hospitals in Ireland. Andrew Selby, chapman, wife’s name Mary