The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Tokens

18th Century, Aylesbury, Francis Wheeler, mule Halfpenny, 1797, Justice seated right, holding sword and scales, rev. FW cypher in script capitals, surmounted by the crest of a swan and encircled by wreath of oak and palm, edge engrailed, 9.08g/6h (DH 5). Obverse a little off-centre as usual, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck with much original colour, extremely rare; only five specimens known to the cataloguer, two of which are in institutions (£400-600)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Tokens.

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Provenance:
Bt Baldwin April 1983