Record ID: LANCUM-904ACC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Aluminium ring of the 14th Waffen SS Grenadiers Galizian Division depicting an eagle. The length is 26mm, the width is 23mm and the weight 2.47g.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-9B1944
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy commemorative badge dating to 1926AD. The badge depicts the inaugural Manchester Civic Week which took place from Saturday 2nd to the Saturday 9th October 1926. The badge has the emblem of Manchester on the front of it, the worker bee, which symbolised Manchester as the hive of activity during the 19th century, when industry within the city was at its height. The badge is inscribed with 'Manchester Civic Week 1926'. There is no makers mark The diameter is 21mm and the weight 3.17g.
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-54332E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Unoffical Farthing Bell Lancashire No.28 Batty 164 token dating 1837-1870AD. The obverse depicts 'OLD POST OFFICE BUILDINGS 24 CHURCH STREET LIVERPOOL' and the reverse legend is 'F L HAUSBERG JEWELLER WATCHMAKER HANDVACTURER OF DESKS DRESSING CASES LAMPS CHANDELIERS & CO'. The diameter is 24mm and the weight 3.99g. These tokens, all farthings in size and value, were issued by merchants for use as small change during the reign of Queen Victoria. This interesting group of tokens were struck primarily by merchants during the years 1837-1870. Being of approximate farthi…
Created on: Monday 5th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-77D9B2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy farthing of Victoria dating to 1843AD of the young head copper coinage VICTORIA DEI GRATIA is the ob legend and BRITANNIAR REG FID DEF is the rev legend. The diameter is 23mm and the weight 4.58g.
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-62E72F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver William IV groat dating to 1837AD. GULIELMUS IIII D G BRITANNIAR [REX F D] is the ob legend and FOUR [PENCE] is the rev. The diameter is 18mm and the weight 1.68g.
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-B84EA7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silverr 40 reis piece of Emperor Pedro II dating to 1873AD. Ob legend reads as PETRUS II D G C IMP ET PERP BRAS DEF 1873. The diameter is 32mm and the weight 11.02g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-A7ECF5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy military button brass, two-piece convex dating 1941 to 1952AD. It depicts the army catering corps which would have originally had the name in circlet, now worn off, around steaming bowl, dating to the modern period 1700 to 1900AD. The Army Catering Corps was a corps of the British Army, responsible for the feeding of all Army units. It was originally formed in March 1941 as part of the Royal Army Service Corps, and became a corps in its own right in 1965. In 1993, as part of the Options for Change defence review, it was amalgamated into the Royal Logistic Corps. The motto…
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-B33971
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy bag-seal G&T Earle Hull Limited, Pelican brand cement bag seal.dating to the Early Modern period c.19th century AD. The seal is circular, folded and the lower tab is missing. The obverse surface depicts a pelican in her piety, within a plain border. The outer plain border encloses the inscription,' +GAJ TARLJ TOP?.' The length is 23mm, the width is 19mm. G & T Earle, a major cement manufacturer established in the early 19th century, recorded the trade name 'Pelican' cement in September 1897" (UKDFD Ref. No. - 15416). Egan, G., 1994 Lead cloth seals and related ite…
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2016
Last updated: Sunday 5th April 2020
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Record ID: LANCUM-CDC93E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy object probably a coin. There are a number of coins that have been produced in the world with holes in the centre. There is not a lot of detail remaining but it is reminiscent of a British West Africa coin with the scrollwork and hint of arabic legend from the 20th century of a type that circulated in the British colonies of Gambia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and the Gold Coast (Ghana). The diameter is 27mm and the weight 5.50g.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2016
Last updated: Monday 25th April 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-166EFC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy coin, British West Africa one penny of George 6th. From the 20th century of a type that circulated in the British colonies of Gambia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and the Gold Coast (Ghana). Obverse description: An imperial crown above a central circular hole with a scroll ornament to right and left; below crown, ONE PENNY; around, outside the scroll ornaments, GEORGIVS SEXTVS REX; below hole in Arabic, the denomination. Reverse description: Around circular central hole, Solomon's seal, consisting of two equilateral triangles interlaced; around, BRITISH WEST AFRICA. There …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Last updated: Monday 25th April 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-B64C07
Object type: MEDALLION
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern pierced white metal commemorative medallion. The borough of Colne had this medallion struck in celebration of the anticipated coronation of Edward VII on 26 June 1902. The coronation of Edward VII and his wife Alexandra, actually took place at Westminster Abbey on 9 August 1902. It had been postponed at the last minute because the King had been taken ill and required immediate surgery to drain an abdominal cyst. The obverse consists of double profile bust of the king and queen & is inscribed EDWARD VII QUEEN ALEXANDRA. The portraits are not of the first order. The reverse shows…
Created on: Tuesday 20th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BARNOLDSWICK', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-AF0903
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Preston Guardian newspaper token probably dating from 1872 when the office opened in Fishergate and probably no later than 1914. The inscription on the obverse: THE MOST ELIGIBLE [] FOR ADVERTISEMENT IN NORTH & EAST LANCASHIRE and on the reverse: PRESTON GUARDIAN OFFICE IN FISHERGATE PRESTON. The diameter is 24mm and the weight 4.20g. The Preston Guardian still exists but it now called the Farmers Guardian which is a weekly newspaper aimed at the British farming industry. It provides comprehensive and topical news with Livestock, Arable and Machinery sections; as well as business in…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WESHAM', grid reference and parish protected.