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№ 457

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11 December 2002

Hammer Price:
£520

17th Century Tokens, Romford, Francis Dilke, square Halfpenny, 1668, 1.39g/12h (N 1347; BW. 262). About fine and very rare (£200-300)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Tokens formed by Eileen Judson.

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Provenance: Bt Spink c.1975.

Francis Dilke, formerly of St Margaret’s, Westminster, gentleman, ‘aged about 30’, married Elizabeth Silke, widow of the Romford token issuer George Silke (see next lot), in 1667; presumably both were resident at the Angel inn