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30 September 2021

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British Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Wiltshire Coins and Paranumismatica

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№ 33

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30 September 2021

Hammer Price:
£190

17th Century Tokens, Great Bedwyn, John Bushel, Farthing, 1669, 1.22g/12h (N 5412; BW. 82). Fair, very rare £60-£80

Provenance: Bt C.M. Rowe.

At the Trinity Quarter Sessions in Warminster in July 1670 Bushel, a tallowchandler, was indicted for issuing farthings; pleading guilty, his fine was redacted (Kempson,
BNJ 1973, p.128)