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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOM-009A58
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Trade token farthing produced by John Feisher of Evershot, Dorset, in 1651. Boyne and Williamson's no. 86 (p. 181).
Notes:
Trade tokens of this type were produced by local authorities and private traders between 1648-72 to make up for the lack of small change in circulation which had been caused by the cessation of the minting of farthings during the English Civil War. Most were intended to pass for farthings.
Class: Trade
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1651
Date to: Exactly AD 1651
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.51 g
Diameter: 14.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 18th May 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Entry 021627
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: The mercers' arms
Obverse inscription: IOHN FEISHER 1651
Reverse description: I F
Reverse inscription: OF EVERSHOT MERCER
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: West Crewkerne
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyne, W. | 1889 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales and Ireland | London | Rare Books Club | 181 | no. 86 |
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