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TOKEN
Unique ID: LANCUM-4A3557
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Tokens were a low-denomination currency, mostly used by the working class (and in rural areas) in periods when there was a shortage of small change. They are crudely made (cast, not struck or hammered).
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 11.76 g
Diameter: 26 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2005
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Pewter
Manufacture method: Cast
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
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