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Unique ID: NLM-C31DD8
Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper alloy token. Milled halfpenny token of Boston, Lincolnshire, Williamson 1967, no. 15, issued 1667.
Obverse description: Heraldic shield with pointed top allusive of a crown; itself charged with three crowns: Arms of Boston.
Obverse inscription: BOSTON.HALF.PENY.TO.B[E]
Reverse description: Ram seated left on woolsack.
Reverse inscription: CHAINGED BY[YE.OVERSEERS]
Diameter: 18.5mm, Weight: 2.26gms, die axis: 12
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1667
Date to: Exactly AD 1667
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.26 g
Diameter: 18.5 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st April 2016
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Other reference: NLM35071
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Issuer: Anonymous master period
Class: Other
Group: Other
Type: Other
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: Heraldic shield with pointed top allusive of a crown; itself charged with three crowns: Arms of Boston
Obverse inscription: BOSTON.HALF.PENY.TO.B[E]
Reverse description: Ram seated left on woolsack.
Reverse inscription: CHAINGED BY[YE.OVERSEERS]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 | vol. 1 page 434 | no. 15 |