High Wycombe, Thomas Bates, Farthings, 1661 (2), 0.88g/9h (BM 209; P-M 947; N –; D 156A), 0.88g/4h (BM 208; P-M 947; N –; BW. 156); Tho[mas] Butterfield, Farthing, 1.20g/12h (BM 211; P-M 948; N 830; BW. 159), Halfpenny, 1.19g/6h (BM 212; P-M 948; N –; BW. 157) [4]. BM 208 and 211 fine, latter struck over an uncertain [non-Bucks] undertype, others fair, all rare £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The George Berry Collection of 17th Century Buckinghamshire Tokens.

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Provenance: BM *208 SCMB March 1966; BM 211 bt Seaby 1966; BM 212 bt B. Blight 1982.

Thomas Bates (†1670), lace buyer, widow †1676; Thomas Butterfield, innholder, The Wheatsheaf, High street