Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

Anglesey, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Halfpence, 1788 (20), wreath with 25 acorns, 14.38g/12h, 13.93g/12h (both DH 304), 14.07g/12h (DH 305), 14.56g/12h (DH 306), 14.40g/12h, 14.22g/12h (both DH 307), 13.78g/12h (DH 308), 14.14g/12h, 14.08g/12h (both DH 309), 14.31g/12h (DH 311), 14.39g/12h, 14.04g/12h (both DH 312), 14.07g/12h, 13.66g/12h (DH 314), 14.18g/12h, 13.91g/12h (both DH 315), 13.90g/12h (DH 316), 14.46g/12h (DH 317), 13.85g/12h (DH 318), 13.87g/12h (DH 319) [20]. Both DH 304s, one 309 and one 312 about extremely fine, mostly with original colour, DH 316 very fine and very rare, others generally fine, some rare £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 304 at 14.38g bt S.E. Schwer May 1982; DH 304 at 13.93g bt J. Whitmore September 1980; DH 305 bt N. Cox September 1988; DH 306 bt J. Whitmore May 1999; DH 307 at 14.40g, 308, 309 at 14.08g, 311, 312 at 14.04g, 314 at 13.66g, 318 and 319 L. Lowe Collection, Glendining Auction, 2 February 1983, lot 195 (part) [319 from Seaby 1976]; DH 307 at 14.22g Carnegie Museum Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 303 (part); DH 309 at 14.14g H. Pegg Collection, Spink Auction 19, 3 March 1982, lot 185 (part); *DH 312 at 14.39g bt R. Sharman February 1984; DH 314 at 14.07g bt R. Jeffery August 1980; DH 315 at 14.18g bt S.E. Schwer April 1982; DH 316 bt Spink August 2008; DH 317 bt J. Whitmore October 1987

Two DH 314s in the lot, not three, 20 pieces in total