Æ Halfpenny. 1667. Diameter 18mm.  * IOHN· NORTH· 1667 around; in centre,  I N at sides of the Grocers' arms. R. *  IN· HINSSTON around HIS HALF PENY  BW Cambridgeshire 132;  Norweb 460.  Fair*
*US customers please note that this is strict British grading.

Hinxton is a village in South Cambridgeshire through which the River Cam runs, on the border between Cambridgeshire and Essex. The village is five miles  north-west of Saffron Walden and nine miles south of Cambridge. In 2001 the population was 315.

Hinxton is the home of the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, which includes the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the European Bioinformatics Institute.

British Tokens - 17th Century -  Cambridgeshire  -John North  - Halfpenny 1667 - Grocer