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№ 31

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30 September 2021

Hammer Price:
£170

17th Century Tokens, Downton, Phillip Rooke, Halfpenny, 1670, 0.82g/3h (N 5471; BW. 81). edge chipped, fair to fine, very rare; the only issue for the village £80-£100

Provenance: Bt C.M. Rowe.

At the Hilary Quarter Sessions in New Sarum in January 1670/1 (OS), Rooke, a grocer, was prosecuted for issuing halfpence and fined 6
s 8d (Kempson, BNJ 1973, p.129)