Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

18th Century Tokens, Staffordshire, Tamworth, John Harding, uniface trial of an unfinished obv. die intended for a Penny, outline of castle, roof line on building to right of central tower sharply defined, edge on demand i promise to pay the bearer one penny, 26.72g (DH 6 bis, this piece). Spot above left side of building, otherwise extremely fine and much as made, of the highest rarity
£1,500-2,000

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

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Provenance: With A.H.F. Baldwin; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 835 [from S.E. Schwer 1987]; Davissons Mailbid Sale 25, 1 February 2007 (210).

At least two other examples of DH 6 are known (Hamer Sale, lot 308, and the DH plate coin). The present specimen may be that from the Waite-Sanderson Sale, lot 183, acquired by Baldwin, perhaps for Cokayne