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TOKEN
Unique ID: BH-8425B5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy token farthing of Will Warre, Grocer in Baldock, Hertfordshire; Williamson no. 16 (1967: 297).
The obverse bears the Grocer's Arms surrounded by the legend: 'WILL.WARRE.GROCER.'. The reverse bears a triangular arrangement of the letters 'WAW' and has the legend: '*IN.BOWLDOAKE'.
The surfaces are corroded. It measures 15.5mm in diameter, 0.9mm thick and weighs 1.15g.
Class: Farthing
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1680
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 1.15 g
Diameter: 15.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 25th September 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 10/21 - 16
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Baldock
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 | Vol. 1, p. 297, no. 16 |
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