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TOKEN
Unique ID: SF-866FA8
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper-alloy halfpenny token of the Hibernian Mining Company, c.1792-1797 AD.
Obverse: CAM[AC KYAN] AND [CA]MAC, The cypher HMCo with HALFPENNY below.
Reverse: INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT, Hibernia seated left resting left arm on a harp, the date 17[] in exergue.
Inscription around the edge of the token reads PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR [BAL]LYMU[RT]AG[H].
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1792
Date to: Circa AD 1797
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 9.91 g
Diameter: 27.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st April 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Elmswell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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