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17th Century, Tingewick, John Durrant, Halfpenny, 1668, fleur-de-lis, 1.55g/12h (Berry & Morley 179; BW. 136). Very fine and very rare; the best of the five specimens in private hands known to the cataloguer (£100-120)

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

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Provenance:
Bt Baldwin November 1999, ‘from a small hoard of three pieces recently found.’ See Colour Plate III

John Durrant (†1707), maltster; his wife’s name was Mary