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TOKEN
Unique ID: NCL-2212C3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: AD 1800
Date to: AD 1825
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.1 g
Diameter: 21.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2003
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Uncertain
Obverse description: Tobacco plant
Obverse inscription: GENUINE TOBACCO AND SNUFF
Reverse inscription: JOHN ELLIOT TOBACCONIST QUARY-SIDE NEWCASTLE
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Sunderland (Metropolitan District)
District: Sunderland (Metropolitan District)
References cited
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