17th Century, Stony Stratford, William Marshall, Farthing, lion rampant to left, 0.93g/3h (Berry & Morley 171; BW. 128). Obverse discoloured, fine, reverse almost very fine, extremely rare; only three others known to the cataloguer, two of which are in institutions (£100-150)

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

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Provenance:
Bt S Monks November 1996, ‘from a USA mailbid sale earlier in 1996.’

William Marshall (†March 1672), innkeeper of The Lion

Another specimen is in private hands