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TOKEN
Unique ID: LIN-EEB632
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy halfpenny token of the city of Lincoln. The token is octagonal.
Obv. Lincolne.Citty.Halfe.Peny.Changed.by.the.maior.1669.
Rev. City arms.
Notes:
This object was recorded at a rally. The description and photograph may not therefore meet the usual standard of recording.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1669
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 19th September 2010
Rally details.
This object was found at Grange de Lings, Lincolnshire
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: North Carlton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK9577
Four figure Latitude: 53.281473
Four figure longitude: -0.576598
1:25K map: SK9577
1:10K map: SK97NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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