The George Berry Collection of 17th Century Buckinghamshire Tokens

Colnbrook, Thomas Burcombe, Farthing, 1.33g/12h (BM 72; P-M 933; N 307; D 54A); Alce Goad, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.72g/6h (BM 74; P-M 935; N –; D 54C); John Guy, Farthing, 1652, 1.31g/6h (BM 75; P-M 936; N –; D 54D) [3]. BM 72 fine, BM 74 mediocre but very rare, BM 75 very fine £120-150

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 72 bt R. Gladdle 1984; BM 74 P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 1010 [from Seaby March 1971], bt N.A. Clark; *BM 75 bt P.W. Selby 1969.

Thomas Burcombe, innholder, The White Hart, Bath road, collector of tolls, churchwarden at Horton, wife’s name Dorothy (†January 1675); Alice Goad (†January 1676), innholder, The Bell, widow of William Goad (†November 1658), physician, sister-in-law of George Goad, the token issuer at Horton (see lot 162); John Guy (†1654), chandler, wife’s name Beatrice (†1662)