17th Century, Stony Stratford, John Penn, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.38g/3h (Berry & Morley 173; SCBI Norweb 339, same dies; BW. 130); William Smith, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.73g/3h (Berry & Morley 174; BW. 131) [2]. Both fine but obverse of second rubbed in centre, this rare (£80-100)

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

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Provenance:
*B & M 173 gift of R G Morley, Christmas 1969 [from his school classmate, T Williams, Stony Stratford].

B & M 174 bt Spink February 1977.

John Penn, tanner