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TOKEN
Unique ID: BUC-B20904
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A 17th-century copper-alloy post-medieval trade token farthing issued by mercer George Robins of Buckingham, AD 1648-1672 (Williamson (Buckinghamshire) 38)
Class: trade
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1648
Date to: Exactly AD 1672
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.4 g
Diameter: 14 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 12th December 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: A paschal lamb couchant
Obverse inscription: GEORG[E ROBIN]S IN
Reverse description: Initials: G R
Reverse inscription: [BVCKI]N[G]HA[M] ME[R]CE[R]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
District: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Little Brickhill
Spatial coordinates
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyne, W. | 1889 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales and Ireland | London | Rare Books Club | 47 | 38 |
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