The George Berry Collection of 17th Century Buckinghamshire Tokens

Stony Stratford, Henrey Honnor, Halfpenny, 1664, 2.10g/6h (BM 170; P-M 987; N 338; BW. 127); William Marshall, Farthing, 0.93g/3h (BM 171; P-M 988, this piece; N –; BW. 128); Francis Penn, Farthing, 1.35g/6h (BM 172; P-M –; N –; BW. 129) [3]. BM 170 about fine, others about very fine, BM 171 very rare but with obverse discoloured, BM 172 pierced £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 170 R.D. Sansom Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part II, Noble Numismatics Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 12 (part) [from R.D.S. 1973], D.B. Griffiths Collection, Part II, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012, lot 102 (part) [from R. Gladdle May 2002]; BM 171 P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 988 [from S.H. Monks November 1996]; *BM 172 bt Seaby 1966.

William Marshall (†March 1672), innholder, The Lion; Francis Penn, mercer, wife’s name Grace (†1667)