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Description: | A complete and corroded post-Medieval copper-alloy token farthing of Richard Dore of Newport, Isle of Wight, dated 1654 on token (Champion n.d., 37, ref. 99).Obverse: RI[CHARD DORE]; R D in fieldReverse: [OF NEWPORT]; 1654 in fieldDiameter: 15.2mm. Weight: 0.71g. DA=12:9.Richard Dore was a member of the Corporation, but in 1662 he and other members of that body were dismissed for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy and Allegiance. (see: 'The Antiquary' Vol. XLVIII, 1912, where there is an article on the Ledger Book of Newport, Isle of Wight, 1567-1799 by architect and antiquarian, Percy Stone).Champion, A. F. Trade Tokens of the Isle of Wight. Privately Published.
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