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TOKEN
Unique ID: SF-32D5C0
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A worn copper-alloy farthing token of Kings Lynn dated to 1668 AD. As Williamson, 1967: pp. 847 no. 63.
Obverse: KINGS LYN / FARTHING / 1668, the mint mark of a rose beneath
Reverse: The Arms of Lynn (three conger eels' heads erect, a cross crosslet fitchee in the mouth of each)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1668
Date to: Circa AD 1668
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.31 g
Diameter: 20.64 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st December 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Barton Mills
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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