17th Century Tokens, East Harnham, John Venables, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.05g/3h (N 5472; BW. 83). Fair; the only issue for the village £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Wiltshire Coins, Tokens and Paranumismatica formed by the late David Ward.

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Provenance: Bt N.A. Clark June 2009.

At the Hilary Quarter Sessions in New Sarum in January 1670/1 (OS), Venables, a weaver, was indicted for ‘striking four halfpennies worth not more than one penny’; pleading guilty, he was fined 6s 8d (Kempson, BNJ 1973, p.129)