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Unique ID: SOM-DB56A1
Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper alloy 17th century trade token. Almost illegible, but it is possible to see the date of 1667 on one side and may be the Constables of Taunton on the other (which would fit with this date). Diameter: 18.97mm, Thickness: 0.71mm Weight: 0.87g
Class: trade
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1667
Date to: Exactly AD 1667
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.71 mm
Weight: 0.87 g
Diameter: 18.97 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 3rd June 2009
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Other reference: Entry 020490
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Uncertain
Obverse description: Illeg
Obverse inscription: 1669---
Reverse inscription: ---T CON-
Constables of Taunton perhaps?
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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