Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

17th Century Tokens, Buckinghamshire, Iver, Nicholas Mervin, Farthings (2, same dies), 1.29g/9h, 0.63g/6h (BM 102; P-M 958, first this piece; N 316; BW. 76) [2]. Both about very fine, first overstruck on a Halfpenny of John Clownam of Bewdley (N 5638; D Worcs. 6A); the only issue for the village £60-80

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

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Provenance: *First P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 958 [from Spink December 1970]; second Sir Marcus Clark Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part II, Noble Numismatics Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 10 [from R. Jewell 1969], bt R. Gladdle May 2002.

Nicholas Mervin (†1706), baker, wife’s name Elizabeth