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17th Century, Chesham, Richard Amond, Farthing, 1664, Clothworkers’ arms, 1.45g/6h (Berry & Morley 55; BW. 42); William Childe, Farthing, Brewers’ arms, 1.04g/6h (Berry & Morley 56; BW. 43) [2]. First about fine and very rare, second about very fine, scarce (£70-100)

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

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Provenance:
B & M 55 bt V Rogers January 1984.

*B & M 56 T O Mabbott Collection;
bt Seaby May 1971.

Richard Amond (1609-1697), clothworker; his first wife, whose name is uncertain, †1637; his second wife, Dorothy †1704.
William Childe (†1681), brewer, also baptist; his first wife’s name was Mary; after her death he married Martha Birch (†1672) in 1654. The date shown for Childe’s death in BNJ 1973, p.119, is incorrect