The George Berry Collection of 17th Century Buckinghamshire Tokens

Tingewick, George Drury, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.63g/6h (BM 178; P-M 991; N 341; BW. 135); John Durrant, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.73g/12h (BM 179; P-M 992; N –; BW. 136) [2]. BM 178 fine, BM 179 with ‘river’ patina, obverse better than fine, reverse fair; both the issuers for the town £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The George Berry Collection of 17th Century Buckinghamshire Tokens.

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Provenance: *BM 178 bt Seaby 1965; BM 179 found in the R. Thames 1985, P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 1014 (part) [from P.D. Greenall January 1986].

George Drury, mercer; John Durrant (†1707), maltster, wife’s name Mary