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TOKEN
Unique ID: NMS-E0B82D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy farthing token of John Tucke of Burnham Market, obverse IOHN TVCKE I666, sugar loaf, reverse IN BVRNHAM MARKET, T/I M, a variety unknown to Williamson (who lists only an example without a date), weight 0.74g, 1666. Dickinson lists a type (no. 13A) with the date of 1660 - presumably this is a misreading of another example of this specimen. The undated example was produced - on the basis of stylistic features - in the mid-late 1650s.
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 1666
Date to: Exactly AD 1666
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2014 - Sunday 12th April 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 29780
Other reference: E14430
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Sugar loaf
Obverse inscription: *IOHN TVCKE I666
Reverse description: *T*/ I M
Reverse inscription: *IN BVRNHAM MARKET
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Burnham Market (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF8241
Four figure Latitude: 52.93553864
Four figure longitude: 0.70666727
1:25K map: TF8241
1:10K map: TF84SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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