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TOKEN

Unique ID: LIN-B025E2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A 17th century copper-alloy token halfpenny of Lincoln City, 1669. The token is octagonal.

Obverse: [LINCOLNE.CITTY.HALFE.PENY.CHANGD.BY.THE.MAIOR.]1669 (in 5 lines).

Reverse. City Arms

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1669
Date to: Circa AD 1669

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.31 g
Diameter: 21 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st March 2012

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Materials and construction

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

Numismatic data

No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.

Spatial metadata

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

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF0998
Four figure Latitude: 53.467467
Four figure longitude: -0.359471
1:25K map: TF0998
1:10K map: TF09NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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

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