British Tokens

17th Century Tokens, Buckinghamshire, Hughenden, Francis Barnaby, Farthing, 0.98g/6h (BM 100; P-M 957, this piece; N 314, this piece; BW. 68), Halfpenny, 2.29g/9h (BM 101; P-M 957, this piece; N 315, this piece; BW. 70) [2]. Fine, second rare; the only issues for the village £80-100

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

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Provenance: BM 100 Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection, SNC September 1987 (5377), Mrs Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 28, 28 January 1997, lot 540 (part), P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 957 (part); *BM 101 R.A. Nott Collection, Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection, SNC February 1988 (438), J. Maitland Collection, BDW Auction 8, 16 November 1994, lot 734 (part), P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 957 (part).

Francis Barnaby (†1683), grocer, churchwarden, wife’s name Alice