The George Berry Collection of 17th Century Buckinghamshire Tokens

High Wycombe, John Morris, Farthing, 1666, 0.56g/3h (BM 226; P-M 952, this piece; N –; BW. 173), Halfpenny, 1666, 2.25g/9h (BM 227; P-M 952; N –; BW. 172); Alexander Parnam, Farthing, 1668, 0.73g/6h (BM 228; P-M 952, this piece; N 361; BW. 175) [3]. BM 226 mediocre but extremely rare and believed the only specimen in private hands, others about fine and better, last very 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 226 and *228 P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 952 (part) [226 from S.H. Monks July 1998, 228 from P.C. Deane January 1975].

John Morris (†1695), chandler, first wife Mary, second wife Dorothy; Alexander Parnam (†1679), innholder, The Greyhound, Easton street, alderman, mayor 1673, wife’s name Katherine