Record ID: CORN-B1D4D7
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Post Medieval farthing trade token of the Ipswich Town Corporation, dated to 1670 on the reverse. As Williamson, 1967: p.1084, no.158. Farthing trade tokens were first issued in 1648 as a response to the lack of small change, with halfpenny tokens following in 1656. They were suppressed in 1674 under Royal Authority. Several identical tokens have been recorded in SF-76F26C from Tattingstone, Suffolk; SF-F8B2F7 from Roydon, Norfolk and DUR-B99F86 from Hinderwell, North Yorkshire.
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2019
Last updated: Monday 4th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-68D68B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy half penny trade token of Lawrence Righton of Dorchester, Dorset, dated to 1669 on the reverse (Williamson, 1967, p.180, no.75).
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2019
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Record ID: CORN-C09050
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing trade token of William Ellery from Sudbury, Suffolk. The obverse depicts the Mercer's Arms within a square shield which is a crowned female bust or 'maid's head' which is attributed to 'Queen Agnes' (see notes). Mercers were merchants who dealt in textiles. Cf. Williamson, 1967: p.1101, no.331
Created on: Saturday 10th December 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2016
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Record ID: CORN-160683
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing token of Andrew Rider of Penryn, dated to 1664 on the reverse. Williamson says that Rider was sent to prison as a Quaker. Cf. Williamson Vol.1, p.104, no.58.
Created on: Saturday 15th October 2016
Last updated: Saturday 15th October 2016
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Record ID: CORN-15F78C
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper farthing token of Richard Scaddan (spelled SCADDAM on token) of Ludgvan. Williamson, 1967, p.102, no.43 refers to this token being issued by Richard Scaddan of Ludgvan who married Joan Cossen, both described as of Penzance, at Stowford in Devon in October 1647. The name is spelled in different ways in the parish registers but apparently always with a final "n". The token is dated to 1666 on the obverse. See CORN-8BB990 for a similar token.
Created on: Saturday 15th October 2016
Last updated: Saturday 15th October 2016
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Record ID: CORN-15E202
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing token of Michell Russell of Smithick, Falmouth with the arms assigned to the Russell family of Falmouth, a chevron between three escallops, on the obverse. "The latter charge forms part of the coat of arms of the Russells, Dukes of Bedford. Michael Russell was one of the first aldermen named in the charter of Charles II, and was said to be a French refugee. He is documented as living in Bideford in 1705 aged 86 (Williamson, 1967, p.98, no.11). The token likely dates from the 1660s when tokens were being produced in this area of Falmouth. Mayne & Williams (1985) a…
Created on: Saturday 15th October 2016
Last updated: Saturday 15th October 2016
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Record ID: CORN-E258FB
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing trade token of John Sewell of Colchester, dated to 1653 on the reverse. Obverse: JOHN.SEWELL.GROCER around The Grocers' Arms Reverse: IN.COLCHESTER.1653 around the initials I.S. Cf. Williamson, Vol.I, p.219, no.148
Created on: Friday 30th September 2016
Last updated: Saturday 8th October 2016
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Record ID: CORN-A949E6
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing token of Andrew Rider of Penryn, dated to 1664 on reverse. Cf. Williamson Vol.1, p.104, no.58.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2016
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Record ID: CORN-A91AF5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing trade token of Edward Newsam of St Agnes, Cornwall, dated to 1666 on reverse. Cf. Williamson Vol.1, p.107, no.77.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2016
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Record ID: CORN-952B1A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead uniface token with a stylised fleur de lis on the obverse with a central cross with pellet terminals for the long arms and more pointed, arrow-shaped terminals for the short arms. The short arms are bisected by curved arms that also terminate in round pellets. The reverse of the token is blank. Bailey (2000) illustrates a lead token with a similar pattern on page 11, fig.2, which is dated from the 17th to the 18th century. Egan (2005) illustrates a lead token with a fleur de lis, with pellets above and beside it, on page 170, fig.165, no.920, which is dated from c.1630…
Created on: Thursday 11th June 2015
Last updated: Saturday 13th June 2015
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Record ID: CORN-0D5E39
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing token of Simon Turner of Faringdon, Berkshire (but now in Oxfordshire), dated to 1667 on the obverse. A similar token is recorded in Williamson, 1967, Volume 1, on page 23, no.29. Mercers were merchants who dealt in textiles. The obverse depicts the Mercer's Arms within a shield which is a crowned female bust or 'maid's head' which is attributed to 'Queen Agnes' (see notes).
Created on: Monday 11th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 14th May 2015
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Record ID: CORN-FFF46F
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing trade token issued by Thomas Worth of Cornwall and dated to 1665 on the reverse. Thomas Worth was based in Penryn, and the Worths were a younger branch of the ancient family of Worth, of Worth in Devon, and bore the same arms of the double-headed eagle. William Worth, merchant of Penryn, died in 1689 and his son John was Sheriff of Cornwall in 1690 and 1711, and bought Tremough in 1703 (Williamson, 1967, Vol.1, 105, no.61). Several examples of this token have occurred in the neighbourhood; and at Madron Church is a monument to John Tremenheere, merchant, erected…
Created on: Sunday 9th November 2014
Last updated: Sunday 16th November 2014
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Record ID: CORN-FFB3DD
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing trade token issued by Henry Stephens of St Keverne and dated to 1656 on the reverse, who has not previously been recorded.
Created on: Sunday 9th November 2014
Last updated: Sunday 16th November 2014
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Record ID: CORN-7E7951
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing trade token of Edward Burd, who is represented by the initials E.M.B, of Shaftesbury or 'Shaston', probably dating from the 1650s to the 1660s. Williamson (1967) lists a similar token of Edward Burd of Shaston, Dorsetshire, in Volume I, on page 188, No.136, which is also not dated.
Created on: Thursday 16th January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd January 2014
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Record ID: CORN-F3B8E6
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy halfpenny trade token of the Salop Woolen Manufactory in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, dated to 1794 on the reverse. Salop was the Norman name for Shropshire, which was known for its high quality wool from the 13th century. Shrewsbury in particular thrived throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, largely due to the town's fortuitous location, which allowed it to control the Welsh wool trade. The three leopards' heads, or 'loggerheads' (heraldic term) on the shield form the traditional coat of arms for Shrewsbury. Mathias (1962) illustrates the same halfpenny token on page 46,…
Created on: Wednesday 4th December 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 4th December 2013
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Record ID: CORN-9508A2
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing token of Benjamin Chapman of Liskeard, who was the son of Edward Chapman, Mayor of Liskeard in 1620 and a Puritan. Benjamin became Mayor in 1654. Obverse: BENIAMIN.CHAPMAN around a rose Reverse: IN.LISCARD around B.C. Williamson (1967) lists a similar example on page 100, No.27, with a rose on the obverse, and No.28 with the Mercers' Arms on the obverse and dated to 1666 on the reverse.
Created on: Saturday 12th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 29th October 2013
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Record ID: CORN-AEAA83
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy half penny of William Purchase of Thaxted, dated to 1666 on reverse. Thaxted is a Medieval town in Essex which is recorded as Tachesteda, Old English for "place where thatch was got" in the Domesday Book of 1086. Once a centre of cutlery manufacture, Thaxted went into decline with the rise of Sheffield as a major industrial centre. The still was used to distill liquid beverages, so William Purchase was a distiller in the town. Obverse: *WILLIAM.PVRCHAS around a still Reverse: IN.THAXTED.1666 around HIS HALF PENY Williamson (1967) in Volume 1 notes a similar token w…
Created on: Thursday 19th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 29th October 2013
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Record ID: CORN-687B02
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy token of Humphry Penhellick of Helston, c.1659. The obverse has a square shield with three butterflies volant, two and one, the arms of the Penhellick Family in St Clements, Truro, with the younger branch settling in Helston in the mid-16th century, within a circle of pellets, surrounded by the legend *HVMPHRY.PENHELICK. The reverse has the letters H . P within a circle of pellets, surrounded by the legend *IN HELSTON, but no date. There are tokens of Henry Penhellick recorded and dated to 1659, but the family pedigree only mentions a Humphry at this time, according to Wi…
Created on: Wednesday 17th July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd July 2013
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Record ID: CORN-67EFD5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Damaged and incomplete copper alloy token of Ambrose Upton of Penzance with cross fourchee in square shield surrounded by ring of pellets and legend AMBROSE.V P T.O, on the obverse, and letters *V* over A*A, with legend PENZANCE and probably 1668 on reverse. The 'V' on the reverse represents a 'U' for Upton and the two 'A's below represent Ambrose and the first initial of his wife's name.
Created on: Wednesday 17th July 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 31st July 2013
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Record ID: CORN-42E5E4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy halfpenny trade token of John Voss, Draper from Swansea, dated to 1796 on the obverse. The obverse depicts Swansea castle with its tower, weather-vane and dressed-stone arcaded parapet, with the inscription SWANSEA HALFPENNY above. The reverse has a key with a bow chatelaine with the inscription JOHN VOSS DRAPER & Co. Tokens were issued because of a shortage of official small change and they appeared in the wage packets of the employees of the relevant firms and were widely circulated in restricted areas.
Created on: Friday 21st December 2012
Last updated: Friday 21st December 2012
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