Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

17th Century Tokens, Shropshire, Oswestry, Richard Payne, Pennies, 1667 (2, different dies), 1.79g/3h (dies not in N; BW. 61; Lowe 115:5, this piece), 1.52g/9h (N 3908; BW. 61); Arther Ward, Pennies, 1668 (2, different obv. dies), 1.92g/3h (N 3909; BW. 62), 1.97g/12h (N 3909 rev., different obv.; BW. 62; Lowe 115:6, this piece) [4]. Second and last very fine, others about fine £200-300

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

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Provenance: First R.J. Carthew Collection, SCMB March 1946 (CT 30, part), H. Lowe Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 115 (part) [from Seaby May 1946]; *second W.J. Faulkner Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 May 1940, lot 180 (part), D.L. Smith Collection, Sotheby Auction, 18-19 July 1985, lot 567 (part) [from Baldwin March 1972]; third bt Baldwin June 1980; last T.E. Tatton Collection, Sotheby Auction, 6-7 November 1911, lot 2 (part), H. Lowe Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 115 (part) [from J.H. Daniels 1911].

Richard Payne, mercer