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TOKEN
Unique ID: DUR-473038
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy mining token or check of Modern date (AD 1870-1910). The object is a check or token for the Lumley coal mine in Durham. The obverse is obscured by corrosion therefore obscuring the purpose of this particular object.
The obverse reads: DURHAM MINERS ASSOCIATION//LUMLEY LOD[]No 81
Reverse reads: ARDILL LE[EDS].
The object has a single, circular purforation.
Ardills were a large producer of tokens and gaming counters based in Leeds. They were in business from the 1870s to early 1910's.
Although later than most pieces we record this was of local interest
Notes:
Although later than most pieces we record this is of local interest
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MODERN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1870
Date to: Circa AD 1910
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.87 mm
Weight: 5.1 g
Diameter: 28.01 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
District: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Wolsingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ1036
Four figure Latitude: 54.7189032
Four figure longitude: -1.84628161
1:25K map: NZ1036
1:10K map: NZ13NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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