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17th Century, High Wycombe, Tho: Butterfield, Farthing, wheatsheaf, 0.65g/9h (Berry & Morley 211; SCBI Norweb 830, same dies; BW. 159); Thomas Butterfeild, Halfpenny, wheatsheaf, 1.21g/12h, reads penny (Berry & Morley 212, and BNJ 1973, p.117, P 360°, this piece; BW. 157) [2]. First fine, second about very fine and extremely rare; only two others known, both in the County Museum, Aylesbury (£120-180)

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

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Provenance:
B & M 211 bt I Fine July 1971.
*B & M 212 bt Spink August 1972.

Thomas Butterfield, innkeeper of The Wheatsheaf, formerly located at 2 High Street, High Wycombe