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TOKEN
Unique ID: SUR-490184
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A very worn trader's token issued by Edward Goodwin, candlemaker of Dorking. Obverse: a man making candles, ED[WARD] G[OODWIN], Reverse: [OF DARKIN IN SVRRY] / EEG. As Williamson Surrey 48.
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 1660
Date to: AD 1670
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.76 g
Diameter: 15.27 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st October 2006
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 06/924
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: A man making candles.
Obverse inscription: ED[WARD] G[OODWIN]
Reverse description: EEG triad.
Reverse inscription: [OF DARKIN IN SVRRY]
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Mole Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Betchworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ2050
Four figure Latitude: 51.236573
Four figure longitude: -0.28248
1:25K map: TQ2050
1:10K map: TQ25SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamson, G.C. | 1967 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century | London | Seaby Ltd |
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