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17th Century, Chalfont St Peter, Edward White, Farthing, 1664, crossed keys, 0.68g/9h (Berry & Morley 54, and BNJ 1973, p.112, P 270°, pl.iii, 54, this piece; BW. 41). Extremely fine and attractively patinated; the best of the four known specimens and the only one in private hands (£200-250)

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

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Provenance:
Glendining Auction, 11-12 July 1929, lot 360 (part);
F E Baker Collection, October 1977 [from Spink, September 1929]. See Colour Plate III

Edward White, innkeeper, The Bell; he surrendered the inn and one acre of land in 1674 in trust for his grandson. White was still alive in 1682