TOKEN
Unique ID: LVPL888
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published 
Copper alloy trade token. Obverse: "IOHN BVRNES OF" around Mercers arms. Reverse: "LICHFIELD 1666" around "HIS HALFPENNY". Poor condition, very worn.
Notes:
John Burnes was Bailiff of Lichfield the same year as he issued his tokens as well as in other years.
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 1666
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1999
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr Nick
Herepath
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
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Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands
County: Staffordshire
District: Lichfield
To be known as: STAFFORDSHIRE LICHFIELD
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (From FLO)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Other[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Unknown[scope notes]
References cited
- Williamson, G C, 1889. Trade Tokens issued in the Seventeenth Century (2 volumes) : , pp
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Audit data
Created:
Friday 8th October 1999
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
