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17th Century, Amersham, Andrew Barowes, Farthing, 1652, 1.04g/12h (Berry & Morley 1, and BNJ 1973, p.111, P 360°, this piece; BW. 1A); Andrew Burrowes, Halfpenny, 1665, 1.02g/3h (Berry & Morley 2, and BNJ 1973, p.111, P 90°, this piece; BW. 1); Elizabeth Rutt, Halfpenny, 1668, 2.07g/3h (Berry & Morley 5, and BNJ 1973, p.111, P 90°, this piece; BW. 4); Aylesbury, Gyles Childe, Farthing, 0.02g/12h (Berry & Morley 12; BW. 10); Buckingham, John Hartley, Farthing, 1660, 1.53g/12h (Berry & Morley 44; BW. 34) [5]. Second fair, third about fine, others only mediocre, last doubly pierced but extremely rare, the poorer of the two specimens in private hands [see lot 918] (£70-90)

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

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Provenance:
B & M 1 bt Baldwin October 1972.
B & M 2 bt Spink June 1973.
B & M 5 bt Baldwin October 1972.

B & M 12 found in the garden of the old Aylesbury Workhouse, 1913;
gift of W Parish to E Hollis, May 1913;
bt Baldwin July 1971.

B & M 44 Glendining Auction, 10 July 1985, lot 354 (part)