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TOKEN

Unique ID: LON-A79B59

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A Post Medieval copper-alloy heart-shaped, half penny trade token from Milton dating from AD1667. Williamson (1889 no. 414). Issued by William Baldwin in Milton

Obverse: WILLIAM.BALDWIN. = HIS HALF PENY

Reverse: IN.MILLTON.1667 = Two fleurs-de-lis

Dimensions: diameter: 19.94mm; weight: 1.47g.

Another example of this token on the database is ESS-D25FED.

Reference: Williamson, G. C. 1889. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century Vol. I. Elliot Stock: London.

Notes:

Copper alloy trade tokens were first struck in 1648. In 1656 half penny tokens were introduced. 1674 by Royal decree production of trade tokens ceased. Pers comm Verity Anthony

Williamson (1889:376) writes "There are three Miltons in Kent, one near Canterbury (a very small place), one next to Gravesend, and the other near Sittingbourne. Of the first we have no proof that any tokens were issued there. Of the second several tokens read next gravesend, and the church registers of the last metion the names of several issuers; these have been placed under the heading Milton-next-Sittingbourne, to which town they belong."

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 1667
Date to: Exactly AD 1667

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 20.42 mm
Width: 17.84 mm
Weight: 2.22 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Jetton / token data

Class: English
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: HIS HALF PENY in field
Obverse inscription: WILLIAM.BALDWIN.
Reverse description: Two fleurs-de-lis in field
Reverse inscription: IN.MILLTON.1667
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine

Spatial metadata

Region: London (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Southwark (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Rotherhithe (London Borough Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ3580
Four figure Latitude: 51.50281974
Four figure longitude: -0.05635779
1:25K map: TQ3580
1:10K map: TQ38SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Open fresh water
Specific landuse: Running water

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Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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