Record ID: LANCUM-4DDE72
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval copper alloy 'Pineapple Penny' token of Barbados. On the obverse there is an African's head facing left and wearing a crown with Prince of Wales plumes. On the reverse is a drop shaped pineapple. These 'pennies' were not official currency, but said to be an anti-slavery campaign token commissioned by Sir Philip Gibbes (1731 - 1815). Olaudah Equiano (c1745 - 1797), a freedman, writer, and abolitionist, regarded Gibbes as "the most worthy and humane gentleman" (Gautier, G Slavery and the Fashioning of Race in Oroonoko, Robin…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Whalley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-AD3E32
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy token of medieval or post-medieval date. It is a circular, flat token which has the letter W on one side, surmounted by three pellets with a semi-circle beneath which terminates in pellets. The other side is undecorated.
Created on: Friday 12th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burscough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-328D63
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead alloy token dating from the medieval or post-medieval, possibly the 15th-17th century AD. It is a circular uniface lead token with a plain reverse and a possibly inscribed obverse. The obverse is divided by a long cross into four quarters and there is a symbol or letter in each quarter. Depending on whether the X can be read as the letter X or the initial cross (+), two variants can be suggested: WPAX or +WPA. Prof. Elisabeth Okasha suggests that there are two likely possibilities. Either it reads PX (for PAX 'Peace') and AW (for alpha and omega), or it reads PAX and the …
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2012
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wrightington', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LVPL2190
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Liverpool shop token/check, octagonal.
Created on: Wednesday 10th July 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: LVPL278
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
New Zealand token. Obverse: Maori bust facing front left, spear in right hand, shield in left, "Advance New Zealand" around edge. Reverse: "Milner & Thompson's Canterbury Music Depot + Pianoforte Warehouse, Christchurch 1881" around central design.
Created on: Friday 28th August 1998
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LANCASHIRE KIRKHAM', grid reference and parish protected.