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TOKEN
Unique ID: BUC-C5C9C2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval copper alloy half penny trade token issued by Mary Nash, a mercer in Watlington, Oxfordshire, dated 1669. Norweb no. 3826a-d.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Retained by finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1669
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 19.85 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 6th September 2006
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: [HER / HALFE / PENY / M N]
Obverse inscription: [MARY] NAS[H IN]
Reverse description: The mercers' arms
Reverse inscription: [WAT[L]INGT[..] 1669
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
To be known as: Watlington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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