The George Berry Collection of 17th Century Buckinghamshire Tokens

Great Horwood, John Carter, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.21g/12h (BM 91; P-M 946; N –; BW. 72); Francis Woodcock, Farthing, 0.91g/12h (BM 93; P-M 946; N –; BW. 75), Halfpence (2), reading woodcocke, 1.57g/9h (BM 95; P-M 946; N 313; D 75A), reading woodcock (2), 1.67g/9h (BM 94; P-M 946; N –; BW. 74), 0.77g/6h (BM 94 obv., different rev.; P-M 946 obv., different rev.; N –; BW. 74) [5]. BM 93 good fine but flan crimped, BM 94 and variant about fine, the variant extremely rare, others fair; a good group for the town £250-300

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 94 variant Hodgkin Collection, Bonhams Auction, 22 May 2002, lot 740 (part) [from Seaby 1965], D.B. Griffiths Collection, Part II, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012, lot 87; BM 95 SCMB February 1972, bt P.J. Preston-Morley 1980.

John Carter (1617-76), carrier, wife’s name Sara; Francis Woocock (1624-83), haberdasher, first wife Elizabeth, third wife Jane