Record ID: DENO-DDCAC5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern advertising token overstruck onto a George III halfpenny or possibly a guinea token. The bust of George the III can be seen on the obverse but the reverse is overstruck with an advertisement for a local Nottingham toy and gift shop. It reads BEECROFT'S NOTTINGHAM FOR PRESENTS & CHEAP[...] with MARKET PLACE in a line across the middle. Dated 1870s to early 1926 when the shop was located in the Market Place. Beecrofts was a well-known toyshop in Nottingham.
Created on: Monday 10th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 12th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Edwinstowe Area', grid reference and parish protected.