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TOKEN
Unique ID: BUC-4A0CE0
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A bent 17th-century copper-alloy post-medieval trade token farthing issued by grocer John Kingston of Towcester, Northamptonshire, AD 1648-1672 (Williamson ( Northamptonshire) 168)
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
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 15.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 18th March 2008
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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: Shield bearing the Grocers' arms
Obverse inscription: * IOHN . KINGSTON . OF
Reverse description: Triad of initials: * K * // I * G
Reverse inscription: TOSSETER ' MERC[ER]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: South Northamptonshire (District)
To be known as: Potterspury
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 | 899 | 168 |
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