Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

Anglesey, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Halfpence, 1788 (15), wreath with 27 acorns, 13.90g/12h, 13.77g/12h (both DH 285), 14.30g/12h (DH 286), 14.26g/12h (DH 287), 14.10g/11h (DH 288), 14.03g/12h, 13.83g/12h, 13.74g/12h (all DH 289), 13.88g/12h (DH 291), 14.32g/12h, 14.08g/12h, 13.96g/12h (all DH 292), 13.84g/12h (DH 293), 14.21g/12h, 13.72g/12h (both DH 294) [15]. DH 286, 288, one 289, one 292 and 293 about extremely fine with hints of original colour, others generally fine to very fine, some rare £120-150

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

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Provenance: DH 285 at 13.90g bt at Menai Bridge August 1977; DH 285 at 13.77g bt J. Whitmore November 1997; DH 286 bt J. Whitmore December 1980; DH 287 R.G. Neave Collection, bt J.G. Scott 1997; *DH 288 W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 357 (part) [from R. Dalton April 1914], Fawcett/Litman Collection, D.L. Spence Collection, Part III, DNW Auction 70B, 11 July 2006, lot 62 (part); DH 291 and 294 at 14.21g W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 357 (part) [291 from R. Dalton April 1914, 294 from W.H. Regan July 1915], A.H. Baldwin Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 215 (part); DH 292 at 14.32g L. Lowe Collection, Glendining Auction, 2 February 1983, lot 195 (part); DH 292 at 13.96g bt S.E. Schwer October 1980; DH 293 Fawcett/Litman Collection, D.L. Spence Collection, Part III, DNW Auction 70B, 11 July 2006, lot 62 (part); DH 294 at 13.72g bt J.G. Scott May 1997