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TOKEN
Unique ID: SWYOR-ACBFE8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A 17th century trade token dating from 1668.
Obverse: *EDWARD•DENTY•, (possibly woman with bonnet)
Reverse: *IN•CASTOR•1668, HIS/HALF/PENY
Thickness: 1.1mm; Diameter: 18.7mm; Weight: 1.79g
Another token probably of the same trader is recorded from Derby. It names Edward Denty with a picture of a woman in a bonnet. See Glover, S. (1829). The History of the County of Derby, Part 1. Noble, T. (ed.). Derby. Page 273. Resource: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=r8kKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA273&lpg=PA273&dq=trade+tokens+Edward+Denty&source=bl&ots=ttifGZ5BoR&sig=oNK9jChFCv3XppaZHLAgDcHiSlk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=i9YKT7yJPMqHhQfpsbXDCQ&sqi=2&ved=0CEMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=trade%20tokens%20Edward%20Denty&f=false Accessed 9-Jan-2012.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1668
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 1.79 g
Diameter: 18.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Doncaster Enquiry 945
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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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.
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