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Unique ID: WMID-26D175
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete struck / hammered copper alloy token, issued by John Cooke and Sons, of London, between AD 1830 and AD 1940.
It imitates a Venetian gold ducat. The obverse legend is fictitious and reads OVCHMEI (left anticlockwise); YCOC (centre vert.); IDOT NOCEN (right clockwise). The reverse legend alludes to the Issuer, John Cooke and Sons, and reads JOANNES ILLE COQVVS SVI FILIIQVE. It is normally struck on a pierced flan, with scalloped edges.
It has a diameter of 18.73 mm and is 0.87 mm thick. It weighs 0.9 grams.
John Cooke and Sons issued imitation foreigns coins to advertise their stationary business off Cannon Street, London between AD 1830 and AD 1940. Several varieties are known and they seem to have been made in London, Birmingham and maybe also Africa. A parallel for this token has been found at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, under accession number CM.2430-2003. (http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opac/search/cataloguedetail.html?&priref=158457&_function_=xslt&_limit_=50#2)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1830
Date to: Circa AD 1940
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.87 mm
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 18.73 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st August 2012 - Friday 31st August 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Solihull (Metropolitan District)
District: Solihull (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Berkswell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP2574
Four figure Latitude: 52.363489
Four figure longitude: -1.63429
1:25K map: SP2574
1:10K map: SP27SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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