Auction Catalogue

11 April 2012

Starting at 12:00 PM

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 88

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11 April 2012

Hammer Price:
£150

17th Century Tokens, Buckinghamshire, High Wycombe, Thomas Butterfield, Farthing, 0.65g/9h (BM 211; P-M 948, this piece; N 830; BW. 159); Halfpenny, 1.21g/12h (BM 212; P-M 948, this piece; N –; BW. 157) [2]. BM 211 fine, BM 212 about very fine and very rare
£100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 948 [BM 211 from I. Fine July 1971, *BM 212 from Spink August 1972].

Thomas Butterfield, innholder, The Wheatsheaf, High street