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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-E25108
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy dinero of the Principality of Cataluna, of mid-C17th date. Obverse: V[ILL]A : 16[42]; head right. Reverse: [...]NA; long cross dividing legend, three pellets in two quarters, large annulet in two quarters. Possible mint of Oliana. cf. Calico et al. 1982, 174; Type 77/Number 153.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-3F1FEA
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy trade token penny issued by Edward Massey in Leeds (Williamson Yorkshire 203), dating to 1669. Obverse illegible, inscription: EDWARD . MASSEY Reverse: GROCER . IN . LEEDES // HIS / PENNY / 1669 The token has a bend running diagonally across the obverse. Dimensions: Diameter 23mm; weight 1.95g
Created on: Thursday 6th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 6th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walton', grid reference and parish protected.