Record ID: WMID-4EBD49
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Walsall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy trade token dating from the Modern Period (AD 1800). The token is a one penny token struck in 1812 by the Union Copper Company of Birmingham. The obverse depicts two hands joined in the centre of the field. Above there is what looks like a quatrefoil flanked by two pellets, below is the date 1812. The legend reads: [ ]ION COPPER COMPANY BIRMINGHAM. The reverse has the words 'ONE PENNY TOKEN' struck in the field, the legend reads PAYABLE IN CASH NOTES. The token measures 36.02 mm in diameter, it is 3.41 mm thick and it weighs 26.6 g. The tokn is a mid to d…
Created on: Friday 8th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th August 2014
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Record ID: NARC-7169F8
Object type: WEAPON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Walsall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast hollow eagle's head terminal with a rivet hole in the top of the head and an oval aperture at the neck. A similar, slightly more elaborate and gilded example has been recorded on the PAS database (SUR-8EF261). The terminal is possibly a dagger pommel and is possibly of military origin. It measures 25.2 mm in height and 27.6 mm from the back of the head to the beak. It is 16.64 mm wide. The rivet hole on the top is 3.5 mm in diameter and the aperture in the neck is 14.4 mm in diameter.
Created on: Wednesday 20th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
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