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TOKEN

Unique ID: LVPL888

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Copper alloy trade token. Obverse: "IOHN BVRNES OF" around Mercers arms. Reverse: "LICHFIELD 1666" around "HIS HALFPENNY". Poor condition, very worn.

Notes:

John Burnes was Bailiff of Lichfield the same year as he issued his tokens as well as in other years.

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1666

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1999

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Numismatic data

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Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Lichfield (District)
To be known as: STAFFORDSHIRE LICHFIELD

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Unknown

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Boyne, W.	1889	Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales and Ireland	London	Rare Books Club

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Recording Institution: LVPL
Created: 24 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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