17th Century, Chesham, Samuell Ware, Farthing, 1658, 0.82g/9h (Berry & Morley 70; BW. 53A). Edge slightly chipped, otherwise very fine and patinated; only two others known to the cataloguer, both in the County Museum, Aylesbury (£150-200)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Tokens.

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Provenance:
Bt P Deane November 1982.

Samuel Ware (1628-1695), weaver, also baptist; his wife’s name was Sarah (†1674). The reference to a second wife by the name of Greas Downes (BNJ 1973, p.120), is incorrect, as is the inference that there are two obverse dies for the issue (BNJ 1973, p.105, and pl.iii, 70, 71); a flaw between r and e of ware on the pierced specimen in the County Museum had been thought to have been a misplaced punctuation mark