17th Century, Buckingham, Peter Reynoldes, Farthing, [16]58, strip of lace, 0.70g/12h (Berry & Morley 50; BW. 37). Fine, extremely rare; only two other specimens in private hands (£100-150)

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

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Provenance:
A Heal Collection, Phillips [Oxford] Auction, 30 September 1997, lot 320 (part);
bt S Monks October 1997.

Peter Reynolds (†December 1671), lace buyer, also churchwarden; married Frances Woodcocke in December 1637

Two other specimens are in private hands, not one