Record ID: SWYOR-6E7185
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy token; a halfpenny issued by the Overseers of the Poor in Louth, Lincolnshire, dated 1671. The obverse displays a crowned rose with the date below and the reverse face is taken up entirely by the legend. Unusually for a token of this type it is lozenge-shaped. The token is complete but one of the corners is slightly bent. It has a deep brown patina with a small patch of coppery surface on the bent corner. Compare SWYOR-5C0DF0 which cites Williamson's 'Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century; Volume I (Bedfordshire -Lincolnshire)', Lincolnshire numbe…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2013
Last updated: Saturday 29th January 2022
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Record ID: NLM-91AB9D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy token. Possibly milled token, kindly suggested by the finder to be a 17th-century 'grocer's token'. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1670. Treated with oil by the finder. ?Obverse description: Heraldic straight sided shield with blazon of an upright chevron with two smaller charges above and below. ?Obverse inscription: CHRIST[OPH]ER SCO[?RE-?] Reverse description: Central lettered motif, possibly: S / C S; circumferential legend worn and undeciphered. Diameter: 15.8mm, Weight: 1.03gms, die axis: possibly 3
Created on: Friday 16th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 19th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A6936F
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy token; a halfpenny issued by the Overseers of the Poor in Louth, Lincolnshire, dated 1671. The obverse displays a crowned rose with the date below and the reverse face is taken up entirely by the legend. Unusually for a token of this type it is lozenge-shaped. The token is complete. It has a deep brown patina. Compare SWYOR-5C0DF0 which cites Williamson's 'Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century; Volume I (Bedfordshire -Lincolnshire)', Lincolnshire number 181 and three other examples on the database: LIN-D887F6, NLM-B8D412 and NLM-FA1BE7. Denomin…
Created on: Friday 7th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 9th October 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-73F55D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn octagonal Lincoln trade token dating from AD 1669. The obverse has five lines of italic script, too worn to read apart from the date. The reverse has a shield with a cross on it with a fleur-de-lys in the centre, which is the city Arms of Lincoln. See Williamson (1889) Trade tokens issued in the seventeenth century, number 138. 138. (octagonal) Obverse: Lincoln / Citty . Halfe / Peny . changd , by / the , Maior / 1669 (in five lines). Reverse: Arms of Lincoln; on a cross, a fleur-de-lis Compare also LIN-B025E2, LIN-EEB632, NLM-AA43C1, LEIC-6BEDB7 and NLM-7D5514. …
Created on: Friday 6th April 2018
Last updated: Saturday 4th May 2019
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Record ID: NLM-6FD6A8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy token. Milled token, kindly identified by the finder as issued by John Atkinson of Louth in 1669, Wilkinson vol. 1, page 464 no. 182; probably darkened by treatment by the finder. Obverse description: Three doves left Obverse inscription: IOHN.ATKINSON. Reverse description: Legend over three lines: HIS/HALF/PENY Reverse inscription: OF.LOWTH.1669 Diameter: 20.3mm, Weight: 1.62gms, die axis: 3
Created on: Friday 17th February 2017
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-5C0DF0
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper token: a halfpenny issued by the Overseers of the Poor in Louth, Lincolnshire, dated 1671. Unusually for a token of this kind it is lozenge-shaped. It is 18.5mm long, 17.9mm wide and 0.6mm thick. It weighs 1.08gm. Reference: Williamson, Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century; Volume I (Bedfordshire -Lincolnshire), Lincolnshire number 181. There are three other tokens of this type on the database at references: LIN-D887F6, NLM-B8D412 and NLM-FA1BE7.
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2012
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Record ID: NLM-34EE89
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy token. Milled halfpenny token of Robert Ducker of Gainsborough (Williamson no. 86), dated 1666 Obverse description: Tallow chandlers Arms on straight-sided heraldic shield. Obverse inscription: *ROBERT.DVC[KER] 1666 Reverse description: legend over three lines: HIS/HALF/PENY/* Reverse inscription: *[OF] GAINSBROVGH Diameter: 18.5mm, Weight: 1.49gms, die axis: 3
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-F03E2C
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily corroded, post-Medieval, copper alloy 17th century token farthing  issued by Andrew Poole, an apothecary of Grantham in 1657. Williamson (Lincolnshire) 111 (page 456). The obverse carries the Apothecaries arms, surrounded by the legend ANDREW POOLE. The reverse has the letter P / A A arranged in a triad, surrounded by the legend OF GRANTHAM 1657. The token is 15.3mm in diameter and 0.4mm thick. It weighs 0.7g.  Reference: Williamson, volume 1, page 456, number 111. Compare LEIC-602A81.
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3E9D58
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy farthing token issued by John Gaule of Spilsby, dated 1659. Obverse description - IOHN GAVLE OF twisted wire inner circle, mercers' arms within. Reverse description - SPILLSBY 1659 twisted wire inner circle, I G within. O'Bee 240, Williamson 231
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-8AC5BF
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy farthing token issued by John Barker of Louth, mercer, dated to c. AD 1661. Obverse: IOHN BARKER, with large crown in centre. Reverse: IN LOVTH 1661, B above I E in the centre. O'Bee 190, Williamson 183. Diameter 15 mm and weight 1.51 g.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-6DD6C5
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy 'Ship-penny' jetton. The obverse bears a ship with a stern castle on the right and flag bow on the left. This is the Nuremberg 'ship penny' derived from 15th century local issues. The 'four lis in a lozenge' reverse design was adopted by other French prototypes. This type is an anonymous issue, dating to 1490-1550AD. Although the inscriptions are illegible, it seems to be a 'small fictitious legend with no 'G' present above ship' type It measures 26.51mm diameter x 0.96mm, weighing 2.02g. For examples, see Mitchiner volume one, 1168-1186.
Created on: Friday 21st November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
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Record ID: NCL-9F7653
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy jetton of uncertain issue, probably Post-Medieval in date, c. 1500-1700. The obverse bears a shield quartered by a sword and two-pronged pitchfork, with a trefoil to either side and above the shield. The inscription reads SIAN[...]C II CO[...]. The reverse bears a cross. The inscription is illegible, but there is a fleur-de-lis initial mark.
Created on: Saturday 1st June 2013
Last updated: Saturday 1st June 2013
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Record ID: NLM-82A3B4
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Anglo-Gallic sterling jetton. The conventions resemble those employed for English pennies from the 14th century onwards; cf. Barnard 1981 plate 1 no. 3; Miniot size 6. Suggested date: 1330-1400. Obverse description: Facing bust with splayed bifoliate crown with curving band; a cinquefoil either side of neck, within a circle. The legend is replaced by alternating cinquefoils and pellets. Reverse description: Long cross with curled ends to its arms or 'cross fleury', a cinquefoil with central pellet in each angle, within a circle. Paired cinquefoils between the en…
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2020
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Record ID: NLM-90CD01
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Anglo-Gallic sterling jetton, for the obverse cf. Barnard 1981 nos 39-40 and 49, circa 1330-1370. Obverse description: Facing king under canopy, features resembling vertical ladders to either side represent an architectural setting; the figure is degraded from a more finely drawn original. Miniot size 6. Reverse description: Three figures standing under an arch within architectural framing; this motif recalls the conventions of the Calvary. Centrally drilled, though not all the way through. Diameter: 22.9mm, Weight: 2.34gms, die axis 3.
Created on: Friday 18th January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2020
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Record ID: LIN-173A43
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Jetton of Nuremburg dating to the 16th Century. Obverse is very worn with an alternating design of three lis and three crowns around a central rosette. [HANNS KRAV] [ ] NVR refering to Hans Krauwinckel of Nuremburg. Reverse depicts an orb with a border and legend around the outside.
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2013
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Record ID: NLM-72EFA9
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy jetton. Hammered French jetton, probably issue of 1350-1450, cf. Barnard (1917/reissued 1980, plate 6 nos 40-42). Obverse description: Heater shaped shield with granulated edge charged with the Arms of France Ancient (in this case six lis) with small crown above, initial cross pattee. Obverse inscription: +AVE MARIA :GRACIA [PLENA] Reverse description: Probably a cross fleury with a lis at the end of each arm, and with a rosette with five petals in each angle. Reverse inscription: [--]MARIA:GRACIA PLE[NA] Diameter: 24.7mm, Weight: 1.26gms, die axi…
Created on: Thursday 27th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Southorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F39254
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, medieval, copper-alloy French jetton of the 'Paschal lamb of Bourges (Berry / Berri)' type struck during the reign of Charles VII at Bourges, c.1418-1437. Mitchiner, 1988; 196, ref. 543 FF. Partially broken. Obverse description: Paschal lamb standing left with one foot raised and head (nimbate) reversed to view flag surmounted by a cross. Obverse inscription: [+mOVTOn] : DE [BERRIS : LOCVS] Reverse description: Triple-stranded straight cross fleuretty within simple four-arched tressure, four trefoils of leaves around. Reverse inscription: [+PA]R AmOVS [: SI…
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 15th June 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-3BA7B8
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Nuremberg jetton, dating from about AD 1490 - 1550, Ship penny type with 'four lis in a lozenge' reverse. The jetton depicts a ship with the stern to the right, and a pellet above the yardarm and sail. The legends are fictitious. The reverse has four fleur de is in a double lozenge, with three annulets along the outer edge of each side of the lozenge. Compare Mitchiner number 1169 on page 372 of Volume 1 of Jetons, Medalets and Tokens. These are described as being of small size, with fictitious legends and without the letter G above the mast. The jetton is 26.5mm diame…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2016
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Record ID: LIN-C73141
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval copper alloy Low Countries jetton (c. AD 1490- 1550). Venus penny type, inscription indescipherable. Mint illegible. The overall dimensions are as follows: 27.95mm in diameter, 0.15mm in thickness and 2.16g in weight. Discussion: According to Clark (2017) the 'Venus pennies' were a series of jettons, or reckoning counters, made for the merchants of Antwerp. The jettons were made at a time when Antwerp was 'the flourishing principal commerical centre of the land' (ibid.), being circulated amongst the merchant classes during the first half of the 1500…
Created on: Thursday 10th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 10th August 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-5FBF82
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and bent, copper alloy, French jetton of Medieval date, AD 1349 - 1404, issued in the reign of Charles le Mauvais or Charles le Noble, Counts of Evreux (Normandy). It is a French Medieval feudal jetton of the mid-14th century, Evreux/Navarre type. Obverse; Shield of Evreux/Navarre within a six-arched tressure. (AVE MARIA)[...] Reverse; double-stranded, arcuate cross fleuretty with a lis at the centre. Illegible legend. The jetton has a turquoise-green patina. It is 20.5mm in diameter and 0.4mm thick. It weighs 0.9g. Part of the edge is missing.…
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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