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17th Century, High Wycombe, Richard Preist, Farthing, 1662, crown, 0.93g/9h (Berry & Morley 229; BW. 174); John Rowell, Halfpenny, 1667, Joiners’ arms, 1.47g/12h (Berry & Morley 230; BW. 177) [2]. Both fine and very rare (£100-150)

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

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Provenance:
B & M 229 J L Short Collection, Spink Auction 90, 16 March 1992, lot 544 (part);
bt N Clark March 1992.

*B & M 230 A Heal Collection, Phillips [Oxford] Auction, 30 September 1997, lot 320 (part);
bt S Monks October 1997.

Richard Priest; his wife’s name was Elizabeth.
John Rowell, carpenter; his wife’s name was Mary