Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals and Paper Money

17th Century Tokens, London (Rural Middlesex), Chiswick, William Bond, Halfpenny, 1666, 2.37g/3h (N 9109; BW. 30); George Brown, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.73g/6h (N 9110; BW. 31); John Coke, Halfpenny, 1670, 1.28g/9h (N 9111; BW. 33); Joseph Gasquoyne, Farthing, 1658, 1.41g/9h (N 9112; BW. 34); John Hobbs, Farthing, 1658, 1.18g/6h (N 9113; BW. 35); Gyles Pierce, Farthings (2), 0.87g/6h (N 9114, rev., different [earlier] obv.; BW. 36), 0.60g/6h (N 9114; BW. 36); William Smeeth, Farthing, 1.10g/6h (N 9115; BW. 37) [8]. N 9109 very fine, N 9112, 9113 and 9114 about very fine, latter with ‘river’ patina, N 9111 mediocre, others fair to fine, a good group, all the issuers represented £150-200

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

View
Collection

Provenance: *N 9109 SCMB January 1979 (M 49), Dora Harris Collection, bt D.H. May 1996; N 9112 W.J. Faulkner Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 May 1940, lot 163 (part), Dora Harris Collection [from Baldwin], bt D.H. May 1996; N 9114 var. bt Seaby June 1984; N 9114 Dora Harris Collection, bt D.H. May 1996; N 9115 S. Whellams Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part II, Noble Numismatics Pty Sale 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 74 (part) [from R. Jewell via M. Stern, 1969]