The George Berry Collection of 17th Century Buckinghamshire Tokens

High Wycombe, Jeremiah Gray, Farthing, 1652, 1.08g/6h (BM 217; P-M 949, this piece; N 355; BW. 163); John Harding, Farthing, 0.89g/6h (BM 218; P-M –; N –; BW. 164); Fransis Ingeby, Farthing, 1666, 1.05g/3h (BM 220; P-M 950; N –; BW. 166); John Juson, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.71g/6h (BM 221; P-M 950; N –; BW. 167) [4]. BM 217 good very fine with dark patina but planchet marks on reverse, others generally fine, BM 218 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 217 F.E. Baker Collection [acquired before January 1927], P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 949 (part) [from F.E.B. October 1977]; others Hodgkin Collection, Bonhams Auction, 22 May 2002, lots 746 (part), 747 [BM 218 SCMB March 1966, others from Baldwin], D.B. Griffiths Collection, Part II, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012, lot 89 (part).

John Harding (†1668), wife’s name Margaret