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TOKEN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-369C02
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A very corroded 17th century copper-alloy token halfpenny of an uncertain issuer dating to c.1648-73. (possibly John Revell of Sandwich in Kent)
Diameter 18.3mm, thickness 0.9mm and weight 1.4g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1648
Date to: Circa AD 1673
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 18.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 9th April 2022
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
To be known as: Near Sandwich
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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