High Wycombe once had its very own coinage
This article was first published in the Winter 2020 edition of the High Wycombe Society Newsletter. I am grateful to them, and to Mark Page the author of the article, for permission to publish it. Mark is also a keen photographer, and has recently published a book called “High Wycombe through my eyes” that includes many of his photographs. Find him on www.facebook.com/groups/HWStreetlife Did you know that Wycombe once had its own coinage? In 1811, James Gomme, a local cabinet-maker and auctioneer, issued a number of silver shillings. They depict the Guildhall (which was then the t...
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