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TOKEN

Unique ID: LEIC-CDEE66

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Post Medieval copper-alloy farthing trade token, dating to AD 1648 - 1672. Issued by Jane Pallmer of Leicester.
Obverse: IANE.PAL[LMER] - A half-length figure
Reverse: IN.LECESITER - I.P
Diameter: 15.3 mm
Weight: 0.98 g
Williamson, G.C., 1967 Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century London: Seaby Ltd p 424, no.47

Williamson notes under Jane Palmers token: The figure on the obverse of this token is variously ascribed to: The Mercers Arms, the Maidens Head (A tavern sign), the queens bust holding a sceptre, etc; the writer's opinion, formed from a careful scrutiny of an excellent specimen of the token being, that it is a half-length figure of some long haired Puritan soldier or Roundhead of the Commonwealth.

During the mid-17th century (c.1648-1672), due to a shortage of official coins, halfpenny and farthing tokens were issued by private businesses to facilitate small change exchange

The same token in the British Museums collection can be found here: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_T-1917

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 1648
Date to: Circa AD 1672

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.98 g
Diameter: 15.3 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: RCM 0699

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: Half a figure
Obverse inscription: JANE.PAL[LMER]
Reverse description: I C
Reverse inscription: IN.LECESITER

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
Parish or ward: Tilton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK7705
Four figure Latitude: 52.63729424
Four figure longitude: -0.86359751
1:25K map: SK7705
1:10K map: SK70NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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Created: 2 years ago
Updated: 2 years ago

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