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A complete English Post-Medieval copper-alloy farthing trade token, dating AD 1648-1674. Williamson (1889:752 No.2920) and Dickinson and Thompson (2007, no.6670).
Obverse: SWAN . WITH . 2 . NECKS = a swan with two necks
Reverse: AT . LITTLE . SOMERS . KEY = XXX over M
Dimensions: diameter: 15.22mm; weight: 0.90g.
Reference: Williamson, G. C. 1889. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century Vol. I. Elliot Stock: London.
Dickinson, M. J. and Thompson, R. H. 2007. Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles. 59. The Norweb Collection Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750. Part VII. City of London. London: Spink and son Ltd.
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
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1648
Date to: Circa AD 1674
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 15.22 mm
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: a swan with two necks
Obverse inscription: SWAN . WITH . 2 . NECKS
Reverse description: XXX over M
Reverse inscription: AT . LITTLE . SOMERS . KEY
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
4 Figure: TQ3380
Four figure Latitude: 51.50329348
Four figure longitude: -0.08515568
1:25K map: TQ3380
1:10K map: TQ38SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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