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Unique ID: IOW-8E2F81
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete and corroded post-Medieval copper-alloy token farthing issued by the Corporation of Newport, Isle of Wight, 1664. Williamson 1889: Hampshire (265, ref: 96).
Obverse: NEW/PORT IN/THE ISLE/OF WIGHT/1664
Reverse: Sailing ship in full sail left.
Diameter: 15.7mm. Weight: 0.72g. DA=12:12.
Williamson, G.C., 1967 Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century London: Seaby Ltd.
Class: Trade token
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1664
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.72 g
Diameter: 15.7 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 26th March 2014
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Other reference: IOW2014-1-132
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Williamson, G.C. | 1967 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century | London | Seaby Ltd | 265, ref: 96 |