Record ID: LIN-801286 - MODERN token

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TOKEN

Unique ID: LIN-801286

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Modern copper-alloy California gaming token

A copper-alloy 1849 California "Gold rush" gaming token in the form of a Liberty head half eagle gold piece.

The obverse depicts Liberty with a coronet in her hair, encircled by thirteen stars, symbolic of the thirteen original colonies (one star is missing due to a hole drilled through the coin). Below the head is the date 1849. The reverse depicts a "49er" gold miner with top hat crouching by a river. The miner holds a very large nugget. In front of him is a spade, and in the background are two palm trees. Above is the word 'CALIFORNIA', and below is the date 1849. The hole is located so that is is in front of Liberty and to the top right of the miner.

California gaming tokens date from the gold rush era and afterwards. They bear the obverse inscription 'California' or 'California Counter' or 'California Token' on them, and picture liberty heads, gold panners, flags, eagles, and bears (Stephen P. Albert and Lawerence E. Elman, 1992, Tokens and Medals - A guide to the Identification and Values of United States Exonumia). According to Fauver such contemporary 'gold rush' tokens were produced in Europe for use as gambling tokens (Fauver, L.B., Early California Counters (Oak Grove Publications, 1991)).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1849
Date to: Circa AD 1849

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 2.73 g
Diameter: 21 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Numismatic data

No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: West Lindsey
Parish: Fiskerton

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TF0572
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th September 2011

Personal details

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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