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TOKEN
Unique ID: DEV-B9F734
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval copper alloy halfpenny token issued by unknown issuer (I G possibly John Geyre) at Okehampton, Devon in 1657 or 1658. Williamson Devon 226 or 226A.
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This record was left unfinished and has been identified from the description give.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1657
Date to: Exactly AD 1658
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.23 mm
Weight: 1.74 g
Diameter: 19.1 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: G over I M
Obverse inscription: OCKI[NG]TON.16[5...]
Reverse description: Inscription in two lines across field
Reverse inscription: H[ALFE]. P[ENY]
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: North Devon (District)
To be known as: Barnstaple
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyne, W. and Williamson, G.C. | 1889 | Trade Tokens issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales, and Ireland | London | ||||
| Dickinson, M. | 1986 | Seventeenth Century Tokens of the British Isles and Their Values | Spink and Son Ltd |
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