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A complete English Post-Medieval copper-alloy half penny trade token issued by Mary Berry at Rotherhithe dating from AD1656-74. Williamson (1891:1148 245).
Obverse: MARY . BERRY = HER HALF PENY
Reverse: REDERIF . WALL = The Shipwrights' Arms
Demensions: diameter: 18.20mm, weight: 1.81g.
Reference: Williamson, G. C. 1891 Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century Vol II. Elliot Stock: London.
Copper alloy trade tokens were first struck in 1648. In 1656 half penny tokens were introduced. 1674 by Royal decree production of trade tokens ceased. Pers comm Verity Anthony
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1656
Date to: Circa AD 1674
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.81 g
Diameter: 18.2 mm
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Class: English
Denomination: Token halfpenny
Obverse description: HER HALF PENY
Obverse inscription: MARY . BERRY
Reverse description: The Shipwrights' Arms in field
Reverse inscription: REDERIF . WALL
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
4 Figure: TQ3280
Four figure Latitude: 51.5035277
Four figure longitude: -0.09955492
1:25K map: TQ3280
1:10K map: TQ38SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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