The George Berry Collection of 17th Century Buckinghamshire Tokens

Winslow, Mathew Bishop, Farthing, 1.26g/6h (BM 190; P-M 1000; N 345, this piece; BW. 146), Halfpenny, 1666, 1.37g/9h (BM 191; P-M –; N –; BW. 145); John Crawley and Io. Dimock, Halfpenny, 1666, io punched over mr on obv., 3.34g/12h (BM 193; P-M 1001; N 346; BW. 147) [3]. BM 193 about very fine but flan irregular where punched, others about fine, BM 191 with small piercing but 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 190 Norweb Collection [from Spink], SNC November 1987 (6693), D. Chipperfield Collection, bt N.A. Clark 2007; BM 191 Mrs J. Durley Collection, acquired 1980; *BM 193 bt P.J. Preston-Morley 1983.

Matthew Bishop (†1689), wife’s name Deborah (†June 1688); John Crawley (b. 1644), tobacconist; John Dymock, tobacconist, wife’s name Jane