Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

17th Century Tokens, Hampshire, Basingstoke, Henry Barefoot, Farthing, 1669, 0.48g/12h (N 1825; BW. 31); Robert Blunden, Farthing, 0.81g/6h (N 1826; BW. 32); John Coleman the elder, Farthings, 1652 (2, from two obv. and two rev. dies), 1.08g/6h (N 1827; BW. 34), 1.09g/6h (N 1829; BW. 33); Samuel Kichener, Farthing, 0.86g/12h (N 1830; BW. 35); Barnard Reve, Farthings (5, from four obv. and five rev. dies), 1.13g/6h (N 1833; BW. 38), 0.78g/12h (N 1834; BW. 38), 0.92g/12h (N 1835; BW. 37), 0.77g/6h (N 1836; BW. 37), 0.49g/12h (N 1837; BW. 39); John Trimmer, Farthing, 1670, 0.58g/12h (N 1839, this piece; BW. 41); John Watts Jr, Farthing, 0.77g/3h (N 1840; BW. 42) [12]. N 1825, 1827, 1834 and 1835 mediocre or fair, others generally fine, one or two better £100-150

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

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Provenance: N 1825 bt Format March 1989; N 1826 Carnegie Museum Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 260 (part), J. Maitland Collection, BDW Auction 8, 16 November 1994, lot 745 (part); *N 1829 M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part III, Spink Auction 62, 19 November 1987, lot 541 (part), J. Maitland Collection, BDW Auction 8, 16 November 1994, lot 745 (part); N 1830 and 1840 bt October 1987; N 1833 and 1835 J. Maitland Collection, BDW Auction 8, 16 November 1994, lot 745 (part) [1833 from P. Marsh January 1990, 1835 from R. Jeffery April 1990]; N 1834 and 1836 bt J. Holman 1997-8; N 1839 Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection [from Baldwin], SNC July 1992 (4296), J. Maitland Collection, BDW Auction 8, 16 November 1994, lot 745 (part).

Henry Barefoot, churchwarden 1670, mayor 1679, 1680 and 1696. John Coleman (†March 1681), mayor 1655, 1665, 1673 and 1680. Samuel Kichener, chandler. Barnard Reeve, innholder, The Angel