SWYOR-5C0DF0: a post medieval copper token of Louth, Lincolnshire

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TOKEN

Unique ID: SWYOR-5C0DF0

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A post medieval copper token: a halfpenny issued by the Overseers of the Poor in Louth, Lincolnshire, dated 1671. Unusually for a token of this kind it is lozenge-shaped. It is 18.5mm long, 17.9mm wide and 0.6mm thick. It weighs 1.08gm. Reference: Williamson, Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century; Volume I (Bedfordshire -Lincolnshire), Lincolnshire number 181.

There are three other tokens of this type on the database at references: LIN-D887F6, NLM-B8D412 and NLM-FA1BE7.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1671

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 18.5 mm
Width: 17.9 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 1.08 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2011

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Doncaster Museum 00945

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: A crowned rose above the date, all within a lozenge-shaped border and surrounded by the legend.
Obverse inscription: LOWTH HALFE PENY
Reverse description: A legend in seven lines.
Reverse inscription: TO/BEE/CHANGED/BY YE OVER/SEERS OF/THE POOR
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Owersby (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF0595
Four figure Latitude: 53.441324
Four figure longitude: -0.420703
1:25K map: TF0595
1:10K map: TF09NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Williamson, G.C.	1889	Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century	London	Seaby	LIncolnshire number 181

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 12 years ago

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