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TOKEN
Unique ID: LANCUM-EEF8DE
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete lead alloy uniface Post Medieval token probably Powell Class 2 dating 1500 - 1850AD. The token has a hole punctured through the fabric which probably represents damage. It was probably cast as the hole does not appear to have been made after it was made. The initial 'T' is stamped into the token. The diameter is 27mm and the weight 13.09g. There are many similar objects such as, SUR-5C3CCD, BUC-89CE25 and YORYM-C9B1DA.
Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. Those carrying initials are generally deemed to be post-Medieval in date (1500-1850), those which seem to mimic Medieval penny designs are deemed to be Medieval, the remainder which carry stylised designs remain difficult to date but the majority are probably post-Medieval in date c. 1500-1850.
The Powell classification system, in which there are over 30 categories, attempts to classify these leaden tokens according to the designs featured on each face, but it does not assign any dating information to the design typology.
Powell, D. Leaden Tokens Telegraph Newsletter. Issue Sixteen
Class: Powell Class 2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 13.09 g
Diameter: 27 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 3rd March 2015 - Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: West Lancashire (District)
Parish or ward: Skelmersdale North (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD4806
Four figure Latitude: 53.54804576
Four figure longitude: -2.7862718
1:25K map: SD4806
1:10K map: SD40NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powell, D. | 2004 | Leaden Tokens Telegraph Newsletter | London | London Numismatic Club |
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