Record ID: WAW-09D767
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable Post Medieval cast lead uniface token. The token carries a design consisting of a triple stranded cross. The reverse is undecorated. The surface is a matte yellow/cream colour. The token measures 18.4mm long, 17.97mm wide, and weighs 2.6g. This is a Powell Type 12. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. Those carrying initials are generally deemed to be Post Medieval in date (1500-1850 AD), those which seem …
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th August 2014
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Record ID: WAW-095E1A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified 17th century trade token. Trade tokens were issued between 1648 and 1672 at a time when there was little low denomination coinage being issued by the crown. As a result traders and business proprietors began issuing tokens as an alternate coinage with equivalent denominations of a farthing, half penny or penny. Such trade tokens rarely travel far from their place of issue and provide an insight to the trade of the time. In 1672 regal copper coinage was introduced and the trade tokens were then banned ( Besly, E. 1997 Loose Change: A Guide to Common Coins and Medals Nat…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th May 2017
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Record ID: NMS-05B126
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing token of Benjamin Waller of Yarmouth, Williamson 344/5, 1658
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-059B17
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing token of Cley, Corporation issue, Williamson 19, c.1666-70
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
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Record ID: KENT-018A97
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post Medieval bifacial cast lead alloy token probably dating mid-late 17th Century. The obverse has a raised anchor design with a raised pellet either side of the upright, within a raised edging around the circumference. The reverse has three raised vertical lines, crossed by a horizontal line within a raised edging around the circumference. Diameter: 16.66mm. Thickness: 1.55mm, Weight: 2.22g
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Friday 20th June 2014
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Record ID: SF-014F86
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead uniface token of probable Post-Medieval date. It is flat and circular in form with moulded decoration on one face. The decoration depicts a crescent moon encompassing a six pointed star. This token measures 16.64mm in diameter, 2.21mm in thickness, 3.08g in weight. There is a similar example recorded on the PAS database (BERK-849F25).
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
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