Buckinghamshire, Aylesbury, Francis Wheeler, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. representation of the arms of the Wheeler family, crossed oak branches below, edge plain, 11.44g/6h (DH 6a; Preston-Morley 1022, this piece). Light carbon spotting on obverse, otherwise brilliant with virtually full original colour, extremely rare £600-800

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

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Provenance: W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 4 (part [recté DH 6a, not 6]) [from Spink March 1914]; P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 1022 [from Baldwin January 1973]