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17th Century, Chalfont St Peter, John Bennitt, Halfpenny, 1668, greyhound left, 1.67g/6h (Berry & Morley 52; BW. 39). Fine or better, extremely rare; only two other specimens in private hands (£90-120)
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Tokens.
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Provenance:
By exchange, D Gaunt January 1981.
John Bennitt (1602-1675), innkeeper of The Greyhound; married firstly Susanna Butterfield in 1630; name of his second wife O–––– unknown. In his will he described himself as a tailor
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