THE GEORGE BERRY COLLECTION OF 17th CENTURY BUCKINGHAMSHIRE TOKENS
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Edlesborough, Daniell Finch, Halfpence, 1666 (2), mm. cinquefoil on obv., 1.86g/3h (BM 80; P-M 939 rev., different obv.; N 309 rev., different obv.; BW. 55), mm. sexfoil on obv., 2.06g/12h (BM 81; P-M 939; N 309; BW. 55) [2]. Fine and better, first very rare, second with edge hammered up; the only two issues for the town £100-150
Provenance: *BM 80 bt Seaby 1966; BM 81 bt P.J. Preston-Morley 1980 [from N.A. Clark November 1975].
Daniel Finch (†1693), grocer, first wife Susan (†February 1666), second wife Sarah. Finch moved to Dunstable, buying a shop and tenement from his brother Samuel in 1667 and issued tokens there in 1668
Great Horwood, John Carter, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.21g/12h (BM 91; P-M 946; N –; BW. 72); Francis Woodcock, Farthing, 0.91g/12h (BM 93; P-M 946; N –; BW. 75), Halfpence (2), reading WOODCOCKE, 1.57g/9h (BM 95; P-M 946; N 313; D 75A), reading WOODCOCK (2), 1.67g/9h (BM 94; P-M 946; N –; BW. 74), 0.77g/6h (BM 94 obv., different rev.; P-M 946 obv., different rev.; N –; BW. 74) [5]. BM 93 good fine but flan crimped, BM 94 and variant about fine, the variant extremely rare, others fair; a good group for the town
£250-300
Provenance: *BM 94 variant Hodgkin Collection, Bonhams Auction, 22 May 2002, lot 740 (part) [from Seaby 1965], D.B. Griffiths Collection, Part II, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012, lot 87; BM 95 SCMB February 1972, bt P.J. Preston-Morley 1980.
John Carter (1617-76), carrier, wife’s name Sara; Francis Woocock (1624-83), haberdasher, first wife Elizabeth, third wife Jane
150
Emberton, Anthony Scaldwell, Farthing, 1664, 1.23g/9h (BM 83; P-M 941; N 310; BW. 57). Part flat, otherwise about fine
£40-50
Provenance: Bt Seaby 1965. Anthony Scaldwell, wife’s name Anne (†1686)
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Eton, Thomas Collings, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.69g/6h (BM 84; P-M 942; N –; BW. 59). Fair, very rare; only 6 specimens known to the cataloguer
£60-80 Provenance: Bt N.A. Clark 2012
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Fenny Stratford, Robert Honnor, Farthings (2), 1655, 1.36g/6h (BM 86; P-M 943; N –; BW. 63), [16]67, 0.72g/12h (BM 87; P-M 943; N–; BW. 64); William Inns, Farthing, 1651, 0.98g/12h (BM 88; P-M 944; N –; BW. 65); John Smalbons, Farthings, 1656 (2), 0.65g/6h (BM 89; P- M945; dies not in N; BW. 66), 1.08g/3h (BM 90; P-M 945; N 312; BW. 66) [5]. BM 87 good fine, BM 89 fine, others about fine, BM 86 clipped and struck on a bar-end; all the varieties for the town
£200-250
Provenance: BM 86 bt Seaby 1965; *BM 88 bt Baldwin 1965; BM 89 bt N.A. Clark 1992.
BM 87 only illustrated. Robert Honnor (†1678), mercer and linen draper, wife’s name Lucy (†July 1671); William Inns (†October 1683), grocer, churchwarden, wife’s name Alice (†July 1670); John Smalbones, feltmaker, wife’s name Elizabeth (†August 1658)
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High Wycombe, Thomas Bates, Farthings, 1661 (2), 0.88g/9h (BM 209; P-M 947; N –; D 156A), 0.88g/4h (BM 208; P-M 947; N –; BW. 156); Tho[mas] Butterfield, Farthing, 1.20g/12h (BM 211; P-M 948; N 830; BW. 159), Halfpenny, 1.19g/6h (BM 212; P-M 948; N –; BW. 157) [4]. BM 208 and 211 fine, latter struck over an uncertain [non- Bucks] undertype, others fair, all rare
£150-200
Provenance: BM *208 SCMB March 1966; BM 211 bt Seaby 1966; BM 212 bt B. Blight 1982.
Thomas Bates (†1670), lace buyer, widow †1676; Thomas Butterfield, innholder, The Wheatsheaf, High street
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