18th Century, Aylesbury, Francis Wheeler, Halfpenny, 1797, FW cypher in script capitals, surmounted by the crest of a swan and encircled by wreath of oak and palm, rev. representation of the arms of the Wheeler family, crossed oak branches below, edge plain, 11.38g/10h (DH 4). Most attractive surfaces, brilliant and toned, extremely rare (£400-600)

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

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Provenance:
W Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 4 (part);
bt Baldwin December 1972. See Colour Plate III

13 struck. The type was published in Virtuoso’s Companion, 152:3, 7 December 1796