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TOKEN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-7B54DA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token farthing (large module) issued by the Town of Poole, Dorset. Williamson (1967, 184) Dorset no. 108, dated 1667 (on token).
It measures 17.21mm in diameter, 0.29mm in thickness and weighs 0.372g. The token is very worn and corroded.
Class: Williamson Dorset 108
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 1667
Date to: Exactly AD 1667
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.29 mm
Weight: 0.372 g
Diameter: 17.21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Arms of the borough: A dolphin, the base wavy, in chief three escallops
Obverse inscription: [FOR THE] MAI[OR OF YE TOWN]
Reverse description: Date: .*./1667/.*.
Reverse inscription: [AN]D COVN[TY OF] POOLE
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: Nr Wimborne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamson, G.C. | 1967 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century | London | Seaby Ltd | 184 | 108 |
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