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Unique ID: CORN-DA1B60
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token farthing issued by Anthony Cocke of Redruth, Cornwall. Williamson (1967, 106) Cornwall no. 69, dated 1666 (on token)
It measures 16.3 mm in diameter. 0.6 mm in thickness and weighs 0.65 g. The token is damaged at one side, and measures 13.2 mm across to the damaged area.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1666
Date to: Exactly AD 1666
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.65 g
Diameter: 16.3 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 10th September 2010
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Other reference: Finder's reference 4866
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Three cocks, arranged two above one
Obverse inscription: ANTHONY [C]OCKE
Reverse description: Initials: A C
Reverse inscription: [OF RE]D[RVTH 1]666
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
4 Figure: SW5230
Four figure Latitude: 50.118155
Four figure longitude: -5.470573
1:25K map: SW5230
1:10K map: SW50NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mayne, J.A.D. and Williams, J.A. | 1985 | Coins and Tokens of Cornwall | Exeter | A. Wheaton & Co. Ltd. | 34 | ||
Williamson, G.C. | 1967 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century | London | Seaby Ltd | 106 | 69 |