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Unique ID: IOW-F20037
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
Corroded farthing trade token of William Champe of Reading, Berkshire. Williamson 1889: Berkshire (78). Williamson 1889: Berkshire (78).
Williamson, G.C., 1967 Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century. London: Seaby Ltd.
Class: Williamson Berkshire 78
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1658
Date to: Exactly AD 1658
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.88 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 25th January 2006
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Other reference: IOW2006-12-15
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Class: Other
Group: Other
Type: Other
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: 1658
Obverse inscription: WILLIAM . CHAMPE
Reverse description: W . T . C (C over W T)
Reverse inscription: IN . RE[ADI]NGE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Williamson, G.C. | 1967 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century | London | Seaby Ltd | Berkshire (78) |