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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOMDOR-C0D7B4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Notes:
Trade tokens of this type were produced by local authorities and private traders between 1648-72 to make up for the lack of small change in circulation which had been caused by the cessation of the minting of farthings during the English Civil War. Most were intended to pass for farthings.Class: Trade
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1669
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.74 g
Diameter: 20.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 18th October 2006
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: L R 1669 in centre
Obverse inscription: [LAWRENCE RIGHTON]
Reverse description: Arms
Reverse inscription: [OF DORCHESTER]
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
To be known as: Compton Abbas
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyne, W. | 1889 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales and Ireland | London | Rare Books Club | 64 | no. 49 |
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