Record ID: WMID-A9CDB6
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
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A complete copper alloy trade token of 17th Century dating, issued by Nathaniell Smith of Leominster in 1667. C.f. Williamson, p 290, no 63. Diameter: 18.4 mm Thickness: 0.7 mm Weight: 1.4 g
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 12th May 2020
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Record ID: WMID-5D8069
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
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A copper alloy trade token, belonging to Edward Morgan of Tanworth, issued in 1668. Token has been pierced at 7 o'clock on the obverse, from obverse to reverse. Internal diameter of the hole is 1.0 mm. Obverse: The Apothecaries' Arms Inscription EDWARD . [MOR]GAN . Reverse: HIS HALF PENY Inscription: OF . TANWORTH . 1668 Diameter: 19.4 mm Thickness: 0.6 mm Weight: 0.7 g Reference: Williamson: Volume II p 1214 ref. 169
Created on: Monday 24th July 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 8th August 2017
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Record ID: WMID-002AB3
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete struck / hammered copper alloy square trader's halfpenny token, issued by Thomas Dedicot of Bewdley, Worcestershire between 1661 and 1667 AD. Williamson no 7, p 1260. Obverse: THOMAS / DEDICOT / GROCER / HIS HALF / PENNY Reverse: IN / BEWDLEY / (Three Cloves) / SQUARE / DEALING Length: 18.3 mm Width: 18.0 mm Thickness: 0.8 mm Weight: 1.4 grams. According to Wiliamson, Thomas Dedicot was bailiff in Bewdley in 1661. In 1667 a William Dedicot succeeded Edward Longmore (who died in his office) and was bailiff again in 1680. Several other trade tokens issued by T…
Created on: Wednesday 11th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 11th March 2015
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Record ID: WMID-E73565
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy trade token, issued by Richard Abney, of the City of Worcester, of mid 17th Century dating (AD 1650s to AD 1670s). The obverse reads RICHARD ADNEY IN THE with the City Arms (3 pears) depicted in the centre. The reverse reads CITTY OF WORCESTER with the words HIS HALF PENY in three lines in the centre (Dickinson, 1986, p 228, no 124). Initial mark is a six petalled flower. Diameter: 18.4 mm Thickness: 1.1 mm Weight: 1.6 g Reference: Dickinson, M. 1986. Seventeenth Century Tokens of the British Isles and their Values. Seaby, London.
Created on: Friday 3rd October 2014
Last updated: Friday 3rd October 2014
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Record ID: WMID-1AE9AB
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete trade token of mid 17th Century AD dating (AD 1650 -AD 1670). The token is circular in plan, with the centre section removed. Parts of the inscription can be read on the obverse and reverse. The obverse reads: HIS. HALF. PENY [ ]. The reverse reads [ ]OF. WORCESTER. The initial mark is a five petalled flower. These inscriptions are suggestive that this token may have originally been issued by Will Swift, of Worcester in AD 1662 (Williamson, p 496, no 107). It has a diameter of 18.6 mm, and is 1.1 mm thick. It weighs 1.1 g.
Created on: Thursday 11th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th September 2014
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Record ID: WMID-9A4255
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete struck / hammered copper alloy trader's halfpenny token, of mid 17th Century dating (AD 1667). The token is circular in shape. The obverse reads: GIDEON[ ]. The central device is unclear. A rose is the obverse initial mark. The reverse reads: [ ]1667 / HIS HALF / PENNY. This identifies the token as a half penny token issued by a Gideon Palmer, of Pershore, Worcestershire in AD 1667 (Williamson, 1891, p493, no 57). Trader's tokens were issued during the late 17th Century as a response to the absence of the lower coinage denominations. Diameter: 19.5 mm Thickness: 1…
Created on: Wednesday 19th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 19th March 2014
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