17th Century Tokens, Buckinghamshire, High Wycombe, Jeremiah Gray, Farthing, 1652, 1.25g/6h (BM 217; P-M 949; N 355; BW. 163); John Harding, Farthing, 0.89g/6h (BM 218; P-M –; N –; BW. 164); Fransis Ingeby, Farthing, 1666, 1.05g/3h (BM 220; P-M 950; N –; BW. 166); John Juson, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.71g/6h (BM 221; P-M 950; N –; BW. 167) [4]. Generally fine, second rare £90-120

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

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Provenance: Hodgkin Collection, Bonhams Auction, 22 May 2002, lots 746 (part), 747 [*BM 218 SCMB March 1966, others from Baldwin].

Jeremiah Gray (†1664), innholder, The Swan, St Paul’s row, councillor 1658, wife’s name Martha (†1664). John Harding (†1668), wife’s name Margaret. Francis Ingeby (fl. 1691), lace buyer, Skinner’s Mead, churchwarden 1675 and 1677, wife’s name Dorothea (†1719). John Juson (†1691), innholder, The Chequers, Church street, wife’s name Mary