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TOKEN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-2D52F7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token farthing probably issued by Joseph Heath of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, dated 1660 (on token). See Williamson (1967) Cambridgeshire no. 52, for a farthing issued presumably by the same individual.
It measures 21.8mm diameter, 0.7mm in thickness, and weighs 1.5g
Notes:
This token denomination is not noted for the issuer in the main reference works consulted; the search is not exhaustive, however. As such, the piece is marked as being of note, pending further research.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1660
Date to: Exactly AD 1660
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
Diameter: 21.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th April 2002
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: Arms: per chevron, in chief two mullets, in base a heathcock
Obverse inscription: IOSEPH . H[…]
Reverse description: Initials: H / I M (or H)
Reverse inscription: CAM[…] HALF PENY
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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 | 52 |
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