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TOKEN
Unique ID: SF-AF50A4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Post-Medieval farthing traders token issued by Frances Smith of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, dating to 1666. As Williamson no. 76.
Obverse: date 1666 within inner pelleted border, *FRANCES.SMITH
Reverse: IN/SVF/FOLK within an inner circle. IN ST EDMONDS BVRY
Farthing trade tokens were first issued in 1648 as a response to the lack of small change, with halfpenny tokens following later. They were finally suppressed under Royal Authority in 1674.
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 1666
Date to: Circa AD 1666
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.13 g
Diameter: 16.14 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 2nd November 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Fordham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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