Record ID: LVPL-512051
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Seventeenth century traders token of Lewis Williams of Chester dating to 1667. Williamson (1889) and Dickinson (1984) catalogue a half penny of Lewis Williams of Chester but not a penny. It appears from the spacing of the words on the obverse that this token has been converted into a penny from a half penny (by removing the word HALF from between HIS and PENY, either by a change on the die or on the token. Lewis Williams half penny is Cheshire 41 (Williamson 1889, 88). This token is the second type from the county where a half penny die has been converted into a penny in this way (…
Created on: Thursday 7th October 2004
Last updated: Saturday 31st August 2019
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Record ID: DEV-6032C3
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century trade token farthing issued by Alexander Peake of Topsham, Devon. Dickinson (1986, 50) Devon no. 339B (reassigned from Williamson (Surrey) no. 70, where it was assumed to relate to Epsom), dated 1655 (on token). It measures 15 mm in diameter.
Created on: Monday 13th December 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 6th December 2016
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Record ID: CORN-DA5526
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century trade token farthing issued by Alexander Peake of Topsham, Devon. Dickinson (1986, 50) Devon no. 339B (reassigned from Williamson (Surrey) no. 70, where it was assumed to relate to Epsom), dated 1655 (on token). It measures 14.8 mm in diameter, 0.6 mm in thickness and weighs 0.67 g
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 6th December 2016
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