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TOKEN
Unique ID: LANCUM-116686
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Trade token of John Wilkinson, Iron Master, dating from 1792 or 1793.
Obv: JOHN WILKINSON IRON MASTER bust right
Rev: Wilkinson's iron foundry with hammering machine
More information about John Wilkonson's tokens: http://www.broseley.org.uk/wilkfiles/wilkinson%20tokens.htm
More information about the Soho mint: http://sohomint.info/tokenstory2.html
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Exactly AD 1792
Date to: Exactly AD 1793
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4 g
Diameter: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 19th March 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Carlisle (District)
To be known as: Kingwater
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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