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Unique ID: PUBLIC-D72CC4
Object type certainty: Certain
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A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token farthing issued by Thomas Sharnal of Dover, Kent. Williamson (1967, 363) Kent no. 230, dated 1658 (on token).
It measures 15.1 mm in diameter, 0.7 mm in thickness and weighs 0.8 g
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1658
Date to: Exactly AD 1658
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 15.1 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 24th November 2016
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: Date: 1658
Obverse inscription: THOMAS . SHARNAL
Reverse description: Initials: S / T . E
Reverse inscription: IN . DOVER
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Williamson, G.C. | 1967 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century | London | Seaby Ltd | 363 | 230 |