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TOKEN
Unique ID: NMS-FE34E8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval halfpenny token issued by the City of Norwich dating to c. AD 1792.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1792
Date to: Circa AD 1792
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 7.9 g
Diameter: 28.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2016 - Monday 21st November 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 59735
Other reference: IND21112016JS
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: Not further defined
Group: Not further defined
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: Shield bearing the arms of Norwich (Castle keep over lion facing left)
Obverse inscription: [MA]Y NORWICH FLOURISH P]RO BONO PUBLICO
Reverse description: Shield bearing the arms of Howard (Duke of Norfolk)
Reverse inscription: [NORFOLK AND NORWICH HALFPENNY 1792]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Stoke Holy Cross (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG2402
Four figure Latitude: 52.56967197
Four figure longitude: 1.30396647
1:25K map: TG2402
1:10K map: TG20SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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