Rights Holder: Durham County Council
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Unique ID: DUR-A354E5
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete copper alloy token of Modern date (AD 1876). The object is a check token for the London and Newcastle Tea Company. These tokens would be given out with the purchase of tea from the company and could be collected in order to claim a "present" such as a mug or set of egg cups.
Diameter: 21.52mm, Thickness: 1.44mm, Weight: 1.9g.
Obverse: THRO[UG]HOUT [NOR]TH OF ENGLAND & SCOTLAND//[]/[ED]INBUR[GH]/1876
Reverse: THE LONDON & NEW[CASTLE TE]A COMPANY//[1/2 lb CHECK/NOT TRANSFERABLE/ J A GAME]
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MODERN
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MODERN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Exactly AD 1876
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.44 mm
Weight: 1.9 g
Diameter: 21.52 mm
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
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4 Figure: NZ1857
Four figure Latitude: 54.90739527
Four figure longitude: -1.72079465
1:25K map: NZ1857
1:10K map: NZ15NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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