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TOKEN
Unique ID: IOW-039A29
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy token farthing issued by the Corporation of Newport, Isle of Wight. Dated 1664 on token. Williamson 1889: Hampshire (265, ref: 96).
Obverse: NEW/PORT IN/THE ISLE/OF WIGHT/1664.
Reverse: Sailing ship in full sail left.
Diameter: 16.5mm. Weight: 1.02g. DA=12:12.
Williamson, G.C., 1967 Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century London: Seaby Ltd.
Class: Trade token
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1664
Date to: Exactly AD 1664
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.02 g
Diameter: 16.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th September 2017 - Sunday 17th September 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2017-8-55
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: Other
Group: Other
Type: Other
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: NEW/PORT IN/THE ISLE/OF WIGHT/1664
Reverse description: Sailing ship in full sail left
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamson, G.C. | 1967 | Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century | London | Seaby Ltd | 265, ref: 96 |
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