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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOM-2F7CFE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post medieval copper alloy trade token halfpenny produced by Francis Woodcock at Horwood, Buckinghamshire dating to AD 1648 to 1672. Not in Williamson, Dickenson (1986:29) Buckinghamshire 75A.
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 1648
Date to: Circa AD 1672
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.66 g
Diameter: 19.02 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st March 2017 - Monday 5th June 2017
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Wicken,Northants
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 019193
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: English
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: Legend in three lines: HIS/ HALF/ PENY with star or flower below
Obverse inscription: FRANCIS. WOODCOCK
Reverse description: W flanked by cinqfoils over F F with knotwork line below
Reverse inscription: IN.GREAT.HORWOOD
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: South Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Wicken (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7539
Four figure Latitude: 52.04433193
Four figure longitude: -0.9078582
1:25K map: SP7539
1:10K map: SP73NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickinson, M. | 1986 | Seventeenth Century Tokens of the British Isles and Their Values | Spink and Son Ltd |
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