Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service
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Unique ID: SWYOR-847129
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper alloy Post medieval trade token of 17th century date.
Obverse: WILLIAM HA(YLEY) / HIS HALF PENY
Reverse: OF GRINDELFORD BAKER / W [...] hand crest.
The token is 20.8mm diameter, 0.63mm thick and 0.92g. This token does not appear to be listed in Williamson's "Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century." but it is in Dickinson, M. 2004 Seventeenth Century Tokens of the British Isles and Their Values p. 43, No. 101a.
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.63 mm
Weight: 0.92 g
Diameter: 20.8 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2001 - Monday 31st December 2001
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Other reference: PAS form number 2409
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Class: Other
Group: Other
Type: Other
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: HIS / HALF / PENY / rosette
Obverse inscription: WILLIAM HA(YLEY)
Reverse description: W [...] (hand or sheaf of corn)
Reverse inscription: OF GRINDELFORD BAKER
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
4 Figure: SE4704
Four figure Latitude: 53.53056343
Four figure longitude: -1.2924244
1:25K map: SE4704
1:10K map: SE40SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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