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TOKEN
Unique ID: LANCUM-25C57A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Modern Cumberland Jack token dating from 1837/1862, see LANCUM-F6908A - holed for suspension.
http://www.aboutfarthings.co.uk/Hanover%20Tokens.html:
"The tokens & counters that bear the words "To Hanover" (commonly known as Cumberland Jacks) are usually found with Victoria's portrait on the obverse and a figure riding a horse on the reverse (in the style of St George slaying the dragon). They were probably produced as satirical counters.
The history behind these pieces is that when Victoria was crowned as Queen, she was unable to fulfil the role of King of Hanover under Salic Law, due to the fact that she was a female. Her unpopular Uncle (Ernst August, the Duke of Cumberland) who was the oldest male heir to the throne was sent off to Hanover instead to fulfil the role, and the counters/tokens were produced to commemorate (celebrate) his departure. Such was his unpopularity that many of the tokens on closer inspection actually depict a monkey on horseback which was intended to portray the Duke.
They were produced around the time of Victoria's ascension to the throne in 1837, and continued to be produced for the next few decades. They were finally made illegal in 1883."
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 1837
Date to: Circa AD 1862
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.9 g
Diameter: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st June 2017 - Thursday 1st June 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 1258
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Carlisle (District)
To be known as: Great Easby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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