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Auction T17 3 Oct 2019
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Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection (Part VIII)
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Cornhill, William Griffin (5), white metal by J. Taylor, parable of the Good Samaritan helping a traveller on the road, donkey behind, go, and do thou likewise, rev. w. griffin...25 change alley cornhill london the utmost value given for light sovereigns, etc, 31mm, 9.52g/12h (W –; D & W –); brass, legend in 10 lines, rev. Thames Tunnel, 24mm, 5.62g/12h (W 3029); brass, bust of Isambard Brunel left, legend around, rev. Thames Tunnel, 24mm, 5.50g/12h (W 3031); brass, legend in 8 lines, rev. elevation of Thames Tunnel entrance, 26mm, 9.64g/12h (W 3032); gilt, bust of Isambard Brunel left, w griffin 27 lombard st, etc, rev. Thames Tunnel, 22mm (W –) [5]. Second and third very fine, others extremely fine, first very rare £100-£150
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Provenance: *First bt Baldwin 1991; last bt J. Whitmore May 1981.
William Griffin, silversmith, jeweller and dealer in coins and medals, 25 Change alley, Cornhill (1843), 27 Lombard street (1844), 73 Cornhill (1845)
Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Cornhill, William Griffin (5), white metal by J. Taylor, parable of the Good Samaritan helping a traveller on the road, donkey behind, go, and do thou likewise, rev. w. griffin...25 change alley cornhill london the utmost value given for light sovereigns, etc, 31mm, 9.52g/12h (W –; D & W –); brass, legend in 10 lines, rev. Thames Tunnel, 24mm, 5.62g/12h (W 3029); brass, bust of Isambard Brunel left, legend around, rev. Thames Tunnel, 24mm, 5.50g/12h (W 3031); brass, legend in 8 lines, rev. elevation of Thames Tunnel entrance, 26mm, 9.64g/12h (W 3032); gilt, bust of Isambard Brunel left, w griffin 27 lombard st, etc, rev. Thames Tunnel, 22mm (W –) [5]. Second and third very fine, others extremely fine, first very rare £100-£150
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Provenance: *First bt Baldwin 1991; last bt J. Whitmore May 1981.
William Griffin, silversmith, jeweller and dealer in coins and medals, 25 Change alley, Cornhill (1843), 27 Lombard street (1844), 73 Cornhill (1845)