Record ID: LANCUM-CDB3E5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mid Medieval to late Post-medieval cast lead or lead alloy uniface pilgrims or landowners token. The decoration consists of a raised four armed cross with a central raised pellet with two concentric circular borders. Probably a devolved imitation of long cross coinage. Dates to between c1300 to c1800 AD. The diameter is approximately 32mm and the weight 11.65g. Similar, but not identical, records on the database include PUBLIC-532157, BH-E81178, and SUR-5A6E22.
Created on: Thursday 13th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirkham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-CCC7B8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval miscast lead alloy uniface token that still has casting jet & flashing attached. The decoration consists of a raised eight armed cross or star with a central raised pellet. Probably dating to between c1600 and c1850 AD most likely used as a landowner token. Length is 23mm, disc diameter is 17mm, thickness 11mm, and the weight 6.45g.
Created on: Thursday 13th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirkham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-FB0635
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy shop token. The obverse bears the legend "John Thornley Tea Merchant" around the outside and "Established 1839" surrounding the image of a tea pot in the centre. The reverse reads "The Golden Teapot is near the Castle Inn Market place Preston 1850". This is an early coin-like advertisement. It shows evidence of re-use having been pierced near the rim. Throughout the nineteenth century, advertising was used by British shopkeepers and traders to make their businesses known to customers. Using copper tokens was one way of promoting a trader's name and the goods he sold.…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fleetwood Point', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-FAFC27
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A circular lead token of Post-medieval date. One side is decorated with a central pellet surrounded by six evenly spaced ovals in the form of a flower. The other side is decorated with cross-hatched lines.
Created on: Thursday 17th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 5th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Slyne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-377D42
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy uniface token probably dating from the Medieval to the Post-Medieval period. The upper face of the object is decorated with a moulded central cross within a square border. Outside each side of the square is an inverted V-shaped moulding. The rear of the object is undecorated and flat. The object has a dark brown patina and is worn.
Created on: Tuesday 19th February 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 19th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rufford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-93B7F6
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy token probably Medieval 15th century landowner token. The diameter is 18mm and the weight 3.86g.
Created on: Tuesday 6th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'INSKIP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-7B75D4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy Post Medieval cast lead circular uniface token, c. 1550-1800 AD. The token has been cast with a raised design decorated with a series of raised lines. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely and could be Medieval or Post Medieval in date (1250-1800 AD). The token shares similarities with SUR-42A6E8, PUBLIC-FD45D1, WILT-F28092 and PUBLIC-479A62. The diameter is 17mm.
Created on: Wednesday 24th October 2012
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HAIGHTON', 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.

Record ID: LANCUM-B88E27
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A uniface lead or lead alloy, token showing a cross with repeating angles, possibly a Powell Class 12. Dates between c1500 to c1800AD. Diameter is 24mm.
Created on: Monday 27th August 2012
Last updated: Monday 3rd September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leyland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-328D63
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead alloy token dating from the medieval or post-medieval, possibly the 15th-17th century AD. It is a circular uniface lead token with a plain reverse and a possibly inscribed obverse. The obverse is divided by a long cross into four quarters and there is a symbol or letter in each quarter. Depending on whether the X can be read as the letter X or the initial cross (+), two variants can be suggested: WPAX or +WPA. Prof. Elisabeth Okasha suggests that there are two likely possibilities. Either it reads PX (for PAX 'Peace') and AW (for alpha and omega), or it reads PAX and the …
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2012
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wrightington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-7B3305
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy token inscribed with the George Inn Preston with Waddington above. The token is for a concert hall. Preston trade token. C18th or C19th in date. The diameter is 30mm.
Created on: Saturday 19th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 17th July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Avenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-ED8C64
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Perhaps a copper alloy mining token or 'Truck' from the late 18th to early 19th century AD. The diameter is 38mm. The earliest mining related tokens known from the British Isles are those circulated by a handful of colliery owners and coal carriers operating in the mid seventeenth century. Such tokens are recorded from various locations within the traditional coalfield areas of Yorkshire, Lancashire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Cumberland, and Derbyshire. In the period 1787 to 1819 Britain was again to resort to the wide scale use of a commercial token coinage. As they were designe…
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 19th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'PENDLE HALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-ECF2F4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy token probably issued by a merchant. The lettering is still legible and appears to spell the name William Ingham in a legend that runs around the edge. The reverse side is heavily corroded. As had been the case in the mid seventeenth century it was private traders and industrialists who brought about the revival in the use of token coinage in Britain during the late 1780s. The reasons for resorting to a token coinage was again due to a dearth in the circulating levels of regal copper coinage and the lettering suggest a fairly recent date, c. AD 1750-1850. The huge …
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'PENDLE HILL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-5AEC72
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead uni-face token dating from the Medieval to the Post-Medieval period, (1100-1700). The object is sub-circular in plan and has a raised circumferential border. The object is decorated with a seven-pointed star. It has a light white patina.
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2012
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chorley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-956342
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a copper alloy 17th century trade token. There is a capital letter M in the middle just underneath a circular green blob, there is another to the right which could be a capital letter I or it could be a 1. There also appears to be a small capital W to the left of the M. The diameter of the token is 16mm.
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2011
Last updated: Saturday 1st August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'PENDLETON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B121D4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead token dating from the Medieval to the Post-Medieval period, (1100-1700). The object is oval in plan. On the upper surface is a bird facing left, with a pellet below the head. The reverse is undecorated. The top of the object has been damaged and it has a dark grey patina.
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2011
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ormskirk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B11266
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead token dating from the Medieval to the Post-Medieval period, (1100-1700). The object is oval in plan. On the upper surface a winged bird facing right. The reverse is undecorated. On the reverse is a raised rim indicating that it may have been cast in an open mould. The top of the object has been damaged and it has a dark grey patina.
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2011
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ormskirk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-AFA3A3
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead token dating to the Post-Medieval period. The object is sub-circular in plan. It is decorated on one face with a worn daisy pattern. Between each petal is a pellet. One side of the object has been damaged. The object is in poor condition.
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2011
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ormskirk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-AF70F5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A uni-face lead token dating to the Post-Medieval period. The object is circular in plan and oval in cross-section. The object is decorated with a six-petaled flower containing a pellet in the centre. There is a pellet between each petal.
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2011
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ormskirk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-AF65A3
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead uni face token dating to the Post-Medieval period. The object is circular in plan and oval in cross-section. The object is decorated with a six-point star. The edges of the token have been nicked on one half.
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2011
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ormskirk', grid reference and parish protected.