17th Century, Little Brickhill, Charles Lord, Halfpenny, 1669, man making candles, 2.56g/3h (Berry & Morley 108; BW. 82). Small flan flaw on rev. edge at 12 o’clock, otherwise about very fine, patinated, rare; the only issue for this locality (£90-120)

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

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Provenance:
F E Baker Collection [acquired before January 1927];
Thimbleby Auction [Maidenhead], 4 February 1971, lot 212 (part).

Charles Lord, tallow chandler