The George Berry Collection of 17th Century Buckinghamshire Tokens

Stony Stratford, John Penn, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.16g/3h (BM 173; P-M 989; N 339; BW. 130); William Smith, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.17g/12h (BM 174; P-M 989; N –; BW. 131); Richard Veasey, Farthing, 1.07g/9h (BM 175; P-M –; N –; BW. 132) [3]. Generally about fine, BM 174 with tiny piercing, BM 175 pierced and plugged, though this last extremely 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 173 Hodgkin Collection, Bonhams Auction, 22 May 2002, lot 740 (part) [from Baldwin], D.B. Griffiths Collection, Part II, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012, lot 102 (part) [from R. Gladdle May 2002]; BM 174 and *175 bt B. Blight 1982.

Richard Veasey (†1680), innholder, The Lion