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TOKEN
Unique ID: SOM-68CAA6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Post-Medieval copper alloy trade token farthing issued by the Portreiff for the borough of Chard, Somerset, and dating to AD 1669. Williamson (1891), Somerset no. 82. The token has been pierced and one side is now folded.
Pierced with a circular hole form the obverse, near the edge at 6 o'clock on the obverse and 3 o'clock on the reverse.
Class:
Williamson Somerset 82
Evidence of reuse: Pierced
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1669
Date to: Exactly AD 1669
Period of reuse: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.98 g
Diameter: 20.5 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC Receipt no. 17639
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Jetton / token data
Class: English
Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: A plant between two birds
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: CB over 1669
Reverse inscription: [BY. YE. P]ORTRIFF. FOR. [YE. POORE].
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Ilminster (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST3614
Four figure Latitude: 50.92189214
Four figure longitude: -2.91190064
1:25K map: ST3614
1:10K map: ST31SE
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 | 976 | 82 |
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