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TOKEN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-4EBD12
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An extremely corroded and damaged 17th century octagonal copper-alloy half penny trade token of Richard Wheeler, presumably, the landlord of the Three Bells in Southwark, London in 1669. Obverse: HIS / HALF / PENY / 1669 in four lines with the legend RICH*WHEELER*BEHIND*THE* Reverse: a bell above the roman numerals III with the legend COVNTER*IN*SOUTHWARK*
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1669
Date to: Exactly AD 1669
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 19.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 27th February 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
To be known as: Sandwich
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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