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TOKEN
Unique ID: WILT-E26F35
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An Early Post-Medieval farthing trade token possibly of Richard Wootten. It measures 15.3mm in diameter, is 1.0mm thick and weighs 0.85 grams
Obverse: (mullet) R . W (mullet)
RICHARD WOOTTEN?
Reverse: IIndiscernible
IN [...] 1666 [...]
Notes:
This record was made at a rally and may thus fall below our usual standards of recording
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1669
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.85 g
Diameter: 15.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 18th September 2010 - Sunday 19th September 2010
Rally details.
This object was found at Urchfont 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2
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: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Urchfont
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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