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Unique ID: LON-206E1B
Object type certainty: Certain
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A post medieval copper alloy trade token farthing dating AD1648-1674. This token was not found in Williamson nor Thompson & Dickinson.
Dimensions: diameter: 15.04mm; weight: 0.52g.
Reference:Williamson, G. C. 1889. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century. Elliot Stock: London
Dickinson, M. J. and Thompson, R. H. 2007. Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles. 59. The Norweb Collection Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750. Part VII. City of London. London: Spink and son Ltd.
Notes:
Copper alloy trade tokens were first struck in 1648. In 1656 half penny tokens were introduced. 1674 by Royal decree production of trade tokens ceased. Pers comm Verity Anthony
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1648
Date to: Circa AD 1674
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.52 g
Diameter: 15.04 mm
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Class: English
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Sugar-loaf
Obverse inscription: THOMAS GREEN [---]NE
Reverse description: Motif not clear but it appears to be circular and made from palm branches
Reverse inscription: OF WAT LENT [---]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
4 Figure: TQ3579
Four figure Latitude: 51.49383345
Four figure longitude: -0.05674007
1:25K map: TQ3579
1:10K map: TQ37NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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