Folkes, MARTIN, English antiquary, born in London on 29th October 1690, died on 28th June 1754, is known by two books on English coins—A Table of English Gold Coins (1736), and A Table of English Silver Coins (1745). He was a member of the Royal Society (president in 1741), of the Society of Antiquaries (president in 1750), and of the Paris Academy of Sciences.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 708
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