Record ID: DOR-5B6346
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 17th century copper trade token issued by John Paige, Grocer, in Blandford Forum, Dorset Reference: Boyne/Williamson 1858, p. 62, No. 16 (Dorset) Date: Post Medieval - 1656 Diameter: 14.67 mm Weight: 0.40 g Die axis: 12
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th October 2018
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Record ID: LON-5AD612
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete English Post-Medieval copper-alloy farthing trade token dating from AD1648-1674. Williamson (1889:566 636). Obverse: AT . YE . GENERAL . MVNKES = W . K . M Reverse: HEAD . IN . CHVRCH . LANE = Full faced bust of a monk Demensions: diameter: 16.01mm; weight: 0.65g. Reference: Williamson, G. C. 1889. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century Vol I. Elliot Stock: London. Copper alloy trade tokens were first struck in 1648. In 1656 half penny tokens were introduced. 1674 by Royal decree production of trade tokens ceased. Pers comm Verity Anthony
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2018
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