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17th Century, Wendover, John Duncombe, Farthing, 1660, mm. rosette both sides, iohn:dvncombe: (rosette), hat trimmed with feather, rev. in:wendover:1660, ie (rosette) d (rosette), 0.90g/12h (Berry & Morley –; SCBI Norweb 341, same obv. die; BW. –). Some surface encrustation, obverse about fine, reverse good fine, of the highest rarity; the best of the three known specimens and previously unpublished (£120-150)

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

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Provenance:
A metal detector find at Wendover, 1994;
bt R Gladdle November 1994.

John Duncombe (†1670), feltmaker; his wife’s name was Elizabeth (†1702)

This is the best of the three known specimens, not two