Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

17th Century Tokens, Shropshire, Shrewsbury, Thomas Meyriche, Farthing, 1663, 1.35g/3h (N 3919; BW. 80), Halfpenny, 1663, 2.18g/6h (N 3920; BW. 81); John Millard, Halfpenny, 1667, 3.06g/6h (N 3921; BW. 83); John Millington, Halfpence, 1664 (2, different obv. dies), 3.39g/6h (N 3922; BW. 82), 1.88g/3h (N 3923; BW. 82) [5]. BW. 80 mediocre, BW. 81 fine, others very fine but fourth with metal defects on obverse £150-200

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

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Provenance: First with N.A. Clark July 1999, bt S.H. Monks October 2004; second H. Lowe Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 118 (part) [from Bennett, Shrewsbury, June 1935]; *third and fifth R.J. Carthew Collection, SCMB March 1946 (CT 30, part), H. Lowe Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 118 (part) [from Seaby May 1946]; fourth C.M. Rowe Collection, bt C.M.R. November 1981.

Thomas Meyricke, vintner; John Millard, distiller; John Millington, baker