17th Century, Emberton, John Peirceson, Farthing, 1668, scales, 0.67g/12h (Berry & Morley 82; BW. 56). Very fine and extremely rare; only four others known, all but one of which are in institutions (£200-250)

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

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Provenance:
Bt N Clark December 1990.

John Pearson; wife’s name was Mary (†1676)

Another specimen is in private hands