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17th Century, Princes Risborough, Edward Barnaby, Farthing, 0.99g/9h (Berry & Morley 150; BW. 114); Edward Barnaby, Halfpenny, 1665, mm. pierced cinquefoil both sides, 1.42g/6h (Berry & Morley 151; BW. 113); Wendover, John Duncombe, Farthing, 1660, 0.63g/12h (Berry & Morley –; BW. –) [3]. Second about fine, others poor and fair but both extremely rare, the poorer of the three specimens in private hands of each type [see lot 995] (£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 150 bt S Monks September 1990 ‘formerly owned by a resident of Princes Risborough.’

B & M 151 a metal detector find at Princes Risborough, 1996;
bt R Gladdle June 1996.

B & M – a metal detector find at Wendover, 1996;
bt R Gladdle July 1996

Last is the poorest of the three specimens in private hands, not two