Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

Anglesey, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Pennies, 1788 (17), short-topped p, curved 1 and straight 7 in date, 26 acorns in wreath (3), 28.56g/12h (DH 170), 28.66g/12h (DH 171, this piece illustrated), 28.43g/12h (DH 172), 25 acorns (14), 28.51g/12h (DH 173), 28.57g/12h, 28.22g/12h (both DH 174), 28.54g/12h (DH 175), 28.63g/12h (DH 176), 28.53g/12h (DH 177), 27.86g/12h (DH 178), 27.45g/12h (DH 179), 27.71g/12h (DH 180), 28.24g/12h (DH 181), 28.31g/12h (DH 182, this piece illustrated), 28.48g/12h, 28.15g/12h (both DH 183), 29.86g/12h (DH – [obv. unlisted, rev. 183]) [17]. One DH 174, 175, 177 and 181 very fine and better, last with original colour, others in varied state, several very rare
£250-300

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

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Provenance: DH 170 bt J.G. Scott August 1997; DH 171 R. Dalton Collection [from Lincoln], A.H. Baldwin Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 185 (part); DH 172 and 183 at 28.48g bt R. Gladdle November 2004; DH 173 W. Waite-Sanderson Collection, Glendining Auction, 16-17 November 1944, lot 279 (part), F.S. Cokayne Collection, A.H. Baldwin Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 185 (part); DH 174 at 28.57g and 178 L. Lowe Collection, Glendining Auction, 2 February 1983, lot 195 (part); DH 174 at 28.22g bt Seaby January 1975; DH 175 and 176 W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 349 (part) [175 from R. Dalton December 1912, 176 from Lincoln November 1913], A.H. Baldwin Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 185 (part); *DH 177 L. Clements Collection, Sotheby Auction, 16-17 November 1936, lot 302 (part), F.S. Cokayne Collection, A.H. Baldwin Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 185 (part); DH 179 bt J. Whitmore November 1982; DH 180 Carnegie Museum Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 303 (part); DH 181 Glendining Auction, 25 February 1920, lot 25 (part), F.S. Cokayne Collection, A.H. Baldwin Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 185 (part); DH 183 var bt J. Whitmore November 1997