The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Tokens

17th Century, Marlow, Silvester Widmere, Farthing, griffin left, 1.25g/6h, inner circles both sides (Berry & Morley 119; SCBI Norweb 319, same dies; BW. 90). About fine, reverse better, scarce (£50-70)

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

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Provenance:
F E Baker Collection, October 1977 [acquired before January 1927].

Silvester Widmere (1621-1663), mercer; his wife’s name was Katherine. Although the inference by B & M that only Widmere’s first token issue (B & M 118) was made from dies by Ramage (BNJ 1973, p.114), his second issue was also struck from Ramage dies