Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

Anglesey, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Halfpence, 1788 (17), wreath with 27 acorns, 14.26g/12h, 13.82g/12h, 13.50g/12h (all DH 273), 14.23g/11h (DH 274), 14.37g/12h (DH 275), 14.47g/12h (DH 277), 13.98g/12h (DH 277 bis), 14.42g/12h, 14.15g/12h (both DH 278), 14.31g/12h, 14.26g/12h, 14.14g/12h (all DH 279), 13.53g/12h (DH 281), 14.06g/12h, 14.04g/12h (both DH 282), 14.22g/12h (DH 283), 14.31g/12h (DH 284) [17]. DH 274, one 278 and all 279s about extremely fine with hints of original colour, DH 277 bis and 284 fair, former very rare, others fine to very fine, some better £150-200

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

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Provenance: DH 273 at 14.26g, 274, 275, 278 at 14.15g and 282 at 14.06g Fawcett/Litman Collection, D.L. Spence Collection, Part III, DNW Auction 70B, 11 July 2006, lot 62 (part); DH 277 and 279 at 14.14g L. Lowe Collection, Glendining Auction, 2 February 1983, lot 195 (part); *DH 278 at 14.42g, 281 and 284 W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 357 (part) [278 from R. Dalton July 1915, 281 from R. Dalton June 1914, 284 from R. Dalton April 1914], A.H. Baldwin Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 214 (part); DH 279 at 14.26g bt S.E. Schwer May 1982; DH 282 at 14.04g bt J. Whitmore November 1983; DH 283 F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 372 (part), Fawcett/Litman Collection, D.L. Spence Collection, Part III, DNW Auction 70B, 11 July 2006, lot 62 (part)