Record ID: NLM-C2361D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy token. Privately minted halfpenny . Kevin Woodward kindly comments: '1792 John Harvey halfpenny Norwich token Great Britain 1792 Halfpenny Norwich John Harvey Conder Token – Our Coin Catalog (mycoinalog.com'.  ?Obverse description: A large open structure of straight beams, with a small wheel in the right corner, possibly a mechanical loom rendered as a perspective view. ?Reverse description: A shield with spurred upper corners displaying a castle with three towers with a lion walking left  with forepaw raised in foreground. Suggested date: P…
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 5th April 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-5CDFF4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper-alloy farthing trade token dating 1649-1665, issued by Richard Baker in New Romney. Williamson (1889, 381), no. Kent 482. Obverse: RICHARD . BAKER (around field, in Roman capitals) = The Grocers Arms (in field). Reverse: IN . NEW . RVMNEY (around field, in Roman capitals) = B / R . M . (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field) Dimensions: diameter: 14.95mm; weight: 0.7g. Richard Baker was Mayor of New Romney in 1650 and 1655. The church registers of the town commence with the entry of his marriage to Amisia Mundas. Richard Baker is list…
Created on: Wednesday 8th July 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2020
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Record ID: WILT-8C7477
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
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A copper alloy Hutchison's Edinburgh (Lothian) Conder halfpenny token dating to the 18th century. Obverse: St Andrew holding saltire cross with thistles either side with illegble legend, possibly [NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT] There is a date in the exergue 17[...]. Reverse: Edinburgh Coat of Arms beneath anchor with thistles either side and possibly legend [EDINBURGH HALFPENNY]. Diameter is 28.25mm, weight is 7.53g, and die axis is 12 o'clock Thomas and Alexander Hutchison were Edinburgh merchants with premises in High Street Edinburgh.
Created on: Monday 26th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2018
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Record ID: WILT-53042C
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
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A copper-alloy halfpenny Conder token of Iron Master, James Wilkinson, AD 1728-1808. Token may date to 1792. Obverse shows wigged bust facing right. Obverse legend reads [JOHN WILKINS]ON IRONMASTER. Reverse shows seated female with stringed harp with illegible date in exergue below this. Reverse legend illegible ?[INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT]. Diameter is 26.97mm, thickness is 1.30mm, weight is 5.12g, and die axis is 6 o'clock. It has been suggested that this token is a forgery.
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F58B3D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy halfpenny token of Norfolk and Norwich,1780. Obverse shows Norwich Castle above Lion with front leg raised. Obverse legend reads MAY NORWICH FLOURISH. Reverse shows shield with three Cross Botony on its lower left,upper right illegible through wear. Reverse legend reads [ - - - - - - ] NORWICH . HALF[ - - - - - ]Y. Token date 1780 below this. Token diameter is 29.0m, thickness 1.5m, weight 8.6g, and die axis 6 o'clock.
Created on: Friday 17th November 2017
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2017
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Record ID: CAM-EE8916
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
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A Post-Medieval copper-alloy halfpenny token. Obverse shows a standing figure of Bishop Blaize (Patron saint of woolcombers) holding a wool comb in his left hand and a book in his right, with crook supported by his right arm and a lamb at his feet to the right. Obverse legend reads ART[IS] NOSTRAE / CONDITOR. Reverse shows a shield /coat of arms showing a hanging fleece below three stars. The shield is surmounted by an owl left, head turned facing. Reverse legend reads LEEDS HALFPENNY, 17/91 in exergue. Die axis is 6 o'clock. Weight is 11.09g, diameter is 29.4mm, thickness is 2.4mm. …
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2018
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Record ID: BERK-5B782D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Wilkinson's Iron Master & Furnaces copper Halfpenny, dated 1793. Unusually, Wilkinson was alone of the industrial token issuers, to have his own effigy stamped on his coins. The obverse has a portrait bust right and the reverse The interior of a smithy showing a large drop hammer and a workman holding a piece of metal on an anvil in front of an open furnace. The rim has the places of issue -- WILLEY - SNEDSHILL - BERSHAM - BRADLEY The coin is in a worn condition with surface verdigris
Created on: Monday 25th July 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 17th August 2016
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Record ID: NLM-95730D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy token. Milled token, possibly a deliberately irregular halfpenny issued privately under the reign of George III (1760-1820), or for gaming use. Obverse description: Possibly caricatured bust right. Reverse description: Rider on spirited charger right. The horse resembles that on Macedonian coins, presumably in deferential imitation of a Classical theme. This might also reference the statue of William III in Hull. Diameter: 25.3mm, Weight: 10.57gms, die axis: 9
Created on: Monday 29th September 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0819C5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper Coin. Milled Hull halfpenny, dated 1791. Obverse description: Angular shield with three crowns with laurel spray below and date above. The three crowns are the badge of the City of Kingston upon Hull. Obverse inscription: HULL HALFPENNY Reverse description: King William III in classical garb riding right, which depicts a statue standing in Hull's Marketplace to commemorate Hull's part in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Reverse inscription: GULIELMUS TERTIUS REX Diameter: 29.4mm, Weight: 11.96gms, die axis: 6
Created on: Monday 12th May 2014
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: NLM-402A63
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper halfpenny token. Milled token issued in Spalding, Lincolnshire. Obverse description: Heraldic shield with crest comprising upper part of a lion left; the blazon appears to be a monogram including the letter N. Obverse inscription: SPALDING HALFPENNY [1]794 Reverse description: Britannia standing left holding sprig aloft, three or more sailing ships in the background. Reverse inscription: SUCCESS TO THE COMMERCE OF BRITAIN Diameter: 28.7mm, Weight: 8.80gms, die axis: 12
Created on: Monday 13th January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 17th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.