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TOKEN
Unique ID: HESH-28AFDD
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A provincial farthing of John Hollier (Mercer) of Shrewsbury, Salop / Shropshire. 1668
Obverse: Mercers arms IOHN HOLLIER 1668
Reverse: HIS HALF PENY over three lines: MERCER IN SALOP
Williamson Volume II p962 ref:77
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1668
Date to: Circa AD 1668
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.34 g
Diameter: 17.8 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Shropshire Museum Service Entry Form: SHRMS: 4105
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: Mercers arms
Obverse inscription: IOHN [HOLLI]ER 1668
Reverse description: HIS HALF PENY over three lines
Reverse inscription: MERC[ER IN] SALOP
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Telford and Wrekin (Unitary Authority)
District: Telford and Wrekin (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Waters Upton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 |
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