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TOKEN
Unique ID: HAMP-337A15
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An extremely worn, corroded and clipped 17th-century copper-alloy post-medieval token farthing issued by Gyles Childe, a mercer at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire (1648-1672 AD; Williamson 10 (Buckinghamshire))
Class: trade
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1648
Date to: Exactly AD 1672
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.9 mm
Width: 12.9 mm
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.34 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st November 2011 - Wednesday 30th November 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3264
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: The Mercers' arms
Obverse inscription: GYLES . CHI[LDE .] IN
Reverse description: Initials: '. C .//G D'
Reverse inscription: IN AL[SBVRY]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Whitchurch (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP8021
Four figure Latitude: 51.881834
Four figure longitude: -0.839157
1:25K map: SP8021
1:10K map: SP82SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyne, W. | 1889 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales and Ireland | London | Rare Books Club | 45 | 10 |
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