Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

Anglesey, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, imitation Halfpence (21), 1788 (11), anglesey edges (6), 12.81g/6h (DH 298), 10.38g/6h (DH 338a), 12.55g/12h (DH 340), 11.73g/12h (DH 343), 12.80g/12h, 12.41g/12h (both DH 347), lancaster edges (3), 9.56g/5h, 6.91g/5h (both DH 298a), 9.58g/6h (DH 338b), montrose edge, 8.49g/5h (DH 338c), edge plain, 5.49g/6h (DH 338d); 1789 (3), birmingham edges (2), 9.43g/12h (DH 376, large flan), 6.93g/6h (DH 376, small flan), dublin edge, 7.46g/6h (DH 377a); 1791 (2), london edges, 10.04g/6h (DH 394), 8.12g/6h (DH 410); 1794 (5), anglesey edge, 12.32g/6h (DH 416), birmingham edge, 9.33g/6h (DH 415), edges plain (3), 8.92g/6h, 8.24g/6h (both DH 415a), 7.43g/6h (DH 416a) [21]. Generally fine, some better, a few very 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 298a at 9.56g J.R. Farnell Sr Collection, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 26 May 1982, lot 70 (part), bt R. Gladdle November 2000; DH 298a at 6.91g bt J. Whitmore November 1982; DH 338a bt H. Simmons 2005; DH 338c and 343 T. Bliss Collection, R. Dalton Collection [from T.B.], A.H. Baldwin Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lots 217, 218 (parts); DH 338d and 347 at 12.41g W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 358 (part) [338d from Baldwin March 1927, 347 from Spink via R. Dalton July 1915], A.H. Baldwin Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lots 217, 218 (parts); DH 347 at 12.80g bt J. Whitmore November 1997; DH 394 bt J. Whitmore January 1982; DH 410 bt Seaby 1967; DH 415a at 8.92g L. Lowe Collection, Glendining Auction, 2 February 1983, lot 195 (part); DH 416 bt M.J. Dickinson June 1997; DH 416a W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 360 (part) [from R. Dalton July 1915], A.H. Baldwin Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 236 (part)