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TOKEN
Unique ID: SWYOR-2BE804
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy trade token dating from AD 1669.
Obverse legend reads THOMAS (LEEFE) [MERCER]. Obverse shows the initials T S with L above, and three rosettes.
Reverse legend: [IN MOVLTON16]69. HIS / HALFE / PENNY across field.
See Williamson (Lincolnshire) no. 206 (Williamson 1967, p. 467). This token is also listed in Dickinson with the surname spelled LEFFE.
The token is 19.7mm diameter, 0.9mm thick and 1.55g.
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 1669
Date to: Exactly AD 1669
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 1.55 g
Diameter: 19.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2016 - Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2945
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: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Horbling (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF1634
Four figure Latitude: 52.89094786
Four figure longitude: -0.27727041
1:25K map: TF1634
1:10K map: TF13SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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