The ‘Royal Berkshire’ Collection of Berkshire Tokens, Tickets and Passes

17th Century Tokens, Hungerford, William Bell, Halfpence, 1668 (3), 2.63g/9h, 2.59g/3h, 2.47g/9h (all N 87, last 87b, this piece; BW. 34); John Butler, Farthings (3), 1.31g/6h, 1.05g/6h, 1.03g/6h (both N 82, first this piece; BW. 35); John Lucus, Farthing, 1.14g/6h (N 83; BW. 36); Timothie Lucus, Farthings (4), 1.51g/12h, 1.02g/12h (both N 84, first this piece; BW. 37), 1.40g/12h, 0.97g/6h (both N 85; BW. 37); Joseph Sare, Farthing, 1.02g/6h (N 86, this piece; BW. 38) [12]. N 87 at 2.59g good very fine, both N 85s mediocre, others generally fine; all the issues for the town £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The ‘Royal Berkshire’ Collection of Berkshire Tokens, Tickets and Passes.

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N 82 at 1.31g and 86 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, SNC February 1988 (420), December 1988 (7972); N 82 at 1.05g J. Maitland Collection, BDW Auction 8, 16 November 1994, lot 709 (part) [from A. Judd September 1990]; N 82 at 1.03g bt Baldwin 1970; N 83 G. Atkins Collection, Reading Coin Club Auction, 5 October 1998, lot 32, D.B. Griffiths Collection, Part II, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012, lot 45 (part); N 84 at 1.51g and 87 at 2.47g R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, SNC February 1988 (419), April 1988 (2323), J. Maitland Collection, BDW Auction 8, 16 November 1994, lot 709 (part), D.B. Griffiths Collection, Part II, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012, lot 45 (part); N 84 at 1.02g bt Baldwin 1972; N 85 at 1.40g B. Lowsley Collection, Sotheby Auction, 20 April 1936, lot 84 (part), P.J. Seaby Collection, bt M.J. Dickinson 1988; N 85 at 0.97g bt Seaby 1972; N 87 at 2.63g bt B. Dewhirst 1995; *N 87 at 2.59g with Seaby 1963, bt Seaby 1966