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17th Century, Mursley, Henry Pitkin, Halfpenny, 1668, shuttle, 1.52g/9h (Berry & Morley 120; BW. 91). About very fine, extremely rare, the only issue for this locality, the best of the three known specimens and the only one in private hands (£120-150)

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

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Provenance:
J L Short Collection, Spink Auction 90, 16 March 1992, lot 543.

Henry Pitkin (1642-1711), silk weaver; married firstly Joane [surname indistinct in register], January 1663; his second wife’s name was Mary. Considerably superior to the specimen illustrated by B & M, BNJ 1973, pl.iv, 120