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TOKEN
Unique ID: SWYOR-B71F8B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Post Medieval trade token dating from AD 1666, issued by J Wither of Pontefract at The Star Inn.
Obverse: a radiant star
[...] (WITHER AT Ye STAR)
Reverse: a royal shield
(IN PONTEFRACT) 1666
A token listed in "Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries, in Yorkshire" by William Boyne (1858) is similar. See number 233.
See also Thompson and Dickinson (1999) Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, 49, The Norweb Collection, Tokens of the British Isles 1575 - 1750, Part VI, Wiltshire to Yorkshire, Ireland to Wales. This token is listed as number 6012 on plate 26.
The token is 15.6mm diameter, 0.8mm thick and 0.64g.
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
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 0.64 g
Diameter: 15.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th January 2016 - Sunday 24th January 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2872
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
District: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Darrington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4720
Four figure Latitude: 53.67436443
Four figure longitude: -1.29001784
1:25K map: SE4720
1:10K map: SE42SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson, R.H. and Dickinson, M.J. | 1999 | Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles The Norweb Collection Tokens of the British Isles, 1575-1750 Part VI Wiltshire to Yorkshire, Ireland to Wales | London | Spink & Son Limited | plate 26 | 6012 |
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