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17th Century, High Wycombe, John Morris, Farthing, 1666, stick of candles, 0.56g/3h (Berry & Morley 226; BW. 173); John Morris, Halfpenny, 1666, stick of candles, 1.92g/3h (Berry & Morley 227; BW. 172); Alexander Parnam, Farthing, 1668, greyhound, 0.73g/6h (Berry & Morley 228; SCBI Norweb 361, same dies; BW. 175) [3]. First only mediocre but extremely rare, only two others known, both in the County Museum, Aylesbury; second about fine, last fine and very rare (£100-150)

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

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Provenance:
B & M 226 bt S Monks July 1998.
B & M 227 bt Spink June 1976.
*B & M 228 bt P Deane January 1975.

John Morris (†1695), tallow chandler; married firstly Mary Robeson, October 1652, and secondly Dorothy Elliott, January 1666, who outlived him.
Alexander Parnam (†1679), innkeeper of The Greyhound, formerly located at 22 Easton Street, High Wycombe, alderman for 13 years and mayor in 1673; married Katherine Noble, May 1639, who outlived him