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The George Berry Collection of 17th Century Buckinghamshire Tokens

George Berry

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№ 157

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2 October 2013

Hammer Price:
£160

High Wycombe, Richard Lucas, Farthings, 1653 (3), 0.90g/3h (BM 222; P-M 951; N 357; BW. 171), 0.91g/3h (BM 223; P-M 951; N 358; BW. 171), 0.65g/6h (BM 224; P-M 951; N 359; BW. 171), Halfpenny, 1670, 1.22g/6h (BM 225; P-M 951; N 360; BW. 169) [4]. BM 224 mediocre, others about fine or better £80-100

Provenance: BM 222 and 225 bt Seaby 1965; BM 223 bt P.H. Mernick; *BM 224 bt B. Blight 1982.

Richard Lucas (†1675), innholder, The Red Lion, High street, alderman 1649-75, mayor 1660, 1667 and 1672, JP 1662