Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

Anglesey, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Pennies, 1788 (22), short-topped p, curved 1 and straight 7 in date, 25 acorns in wreath, 28.58g/12h (DH 184), 29.58g/12h, 29.14g/12h (both DH 186), 28.84g/12h (DH 187), 28.17g/12h, 28.15g/12h (both DH 189, latter this piece illustrated), 27.77g/12h (DH 190, this piece illustrated), 28.82g/12h (DH 190 bis, this piece illustrated), 28.52g/12h (DH 191), 28.83g/12h (DH 192), 28.24g/12h, 27.83g/12h (both DH 193), 28.47g/12h (DH – [194 obv./178 rev.]), 28.69g/12h, 27.68g/12h (both DH 194), 29.72g/12h (DH 195), 28.87g/12h, 28.75g/12h, 27.79g/12h (all DH 196), 28.87g/12h, 28.28g/12h (both DH 197), 27.66g/12h (DH 198) [22]. Varied state, some very rare £200-250

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

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Provenance: DH 184 bt J. Whitmore May 1983; DH 186 at 29.58g, 193 at 28.24g and 196 at 28.87g L. Lowe Collection, Glendining Auction, 2 February 1983, lot 195 (part); DH 187 F.S. Cokayne Collection, SNC October 2005 (TT 3498); DH 189 at 28.17g bt J. Whitmore November 1982; DH 189 at 28.15g 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 186 (part); DH 190 R. Dalton Collection, A.H. Baldwin Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 186 (part); DH 190 bis R. Dalton Collection, A.W. Jan Collection, A.H. Baldwin Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 186 (part); DH 191, 192, 193 at 27.83g, 194 at 27.68g, 195, 196 at 28.75g and 197 at 28.87g W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lots 349, 350 (parts) [191, 195, 196 and 197 from R. Dalton December 1912, 192 from Lincoln November 1913, 193 from Baldwin March 1927, 194 from R. Dalton July 1915], A.H. Baldwin Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 186 (part); DH 194 var R.G. Neave Collection, bt J.G. Scott August 1997; DH 194 at 28.69g F.S. Cokayne Collection, SNC June 2o04 (TT 2984), recté DH 194; DH 196 at 27.79g H. Pegg Collection, Spink Auction 19, 3 March 1982, lot 185 (part); DH 197 at 28.28g bt J. Whitmore November 1983; DH 198 T. Bliss Collection, R. Dalton Collection [from T.B. May 1915], F.S. Cokayne Collection, A.H. Baldwin Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 186 (part)