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Record ID: HAMP169
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circular lead token. One side decorated with oblique lines radiating from concentric circle, enclosing a cross. The other side has TS in centre with small dot below the S.
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BERKSHIRE BUCKLEBURY', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR1076
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Newbury
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BERKSHIRE NEWBURY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-CD7612
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A 'token' made from a halfpenny of George I or II, worn smooth. Various symbols have been stamped onto both surfaces. Side 1. Three clay tobacco pipes; D; a quatrefoil; a star and 'rod'; a 'rod' and a trefoil. Side 2. A star and a 'rod'. Dr David Higgins comments: "Coins were counterstamped or countermarked for three basic purposes: (1) To indicate official sanction or adoption as legal specie (mostly in the West Indies and South America); (2) for advertising, symbolic or utilitarian purposes for merchants, fraternal organizations, political campaigns, admission requirements, …
Created on: Thursday 16th August 2012
Last updated: Friday 21st June 2013
Spatial data recorded.