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TOKEN
Unique ID: LANCUM-80F032
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Brass token , spade Guinea
Notes:
Recorded a Tullie house finds day 12th June 2004
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 1795
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 24 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st May 2004
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Jetton / token data
Issuer: George III of the United Kingdom
Denomination: Guinea (gold)
Obverse description: Bust of George III with inscription
Obverse inscription: GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA LIMCOX
Reverse description: spade shield with incription
Reverse inscription: ET. H. REX. FD.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Carlisle (District)
To be known as: Carlisle
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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