The Collection of British Tokens formed by Eileen Judson

17th Century Tokens, Burnham, Robert Bennet, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.71g/3h (D 49B; Judson 49a). Die flaw on obverse, otherwise very fine and extremely rare (£150-200)

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

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Robert Bennet, hoyman, appeared in the Easter 1685 Quarter Sessions records charged with dredging oysters ‘from the laying of Rich Baldwyn, mariner’ and carrying them away