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TOKEN
Unique ID: SWYOR-B9AE27
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Post Medieval trade token dating from the 17th century. Though some details are visible, not enough of the design survives to be able to fully identify it. The obverse legend reads: [...](SHORE AT THE) [...] but the central design is illegible. On the reverse, the legend reads: (GILLES IN) [...] and across the field: HIS HALF PENNY. The token has a brown patina.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.65 mm
Weight: 1.34 g
Diameter: 20.64 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 30th November 2011 - Thursday 29th November 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2067
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: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Askham Richard (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5248
Four figure Latitude: 53.925531
Four figure longitude: -1.209622
1:25K map: SE5248
1:10K map: SE54NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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