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    • Material:Copper alloy
    • Broad period:POST MEDIEVAL
    • Denomination:Token penny

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Record ID: OXON-517996
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
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A warped and slightly damaged cast copper alloy biface token of Post Medieval date. Both designs are worn and hard to identify. Both have an inscription running around their outer surface which flanks a design. On one surface this incudes a rectangular region with vertical line features similar to a fence. The opposite side is to worn to identify. There is a small hole in the token where there is a crack.
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyneham CP', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: SOM-1BC53E
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
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An extremely worn and corroded post-medieval copper-alloy trade token of unclear issuer and town, AD 1648-1672. Dimensions: Diameter: 19.68mm Weight: 2.13g
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishop's Lydeard', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: SUR-7906A8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
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A copper alloy post medieval penny token issued by Joseph Howard in 1671 for use in his London Coffee-house. The obverse shows a man holding a cup with a hand above,  descending from a cloud and dispensing coffee from a pot; below is a table with three clay pipes and a tobacco roll. Above is the legend IOSEPH. The reverse has text in five lines: HOWARD / COFFE . HOV / SE . IN . NEW / STREET / 1671.
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2024
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Record ID: BH-E6B853
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
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A Post Medieval copper-alloy 17th-century trade token half penny of an uncertain issuer dating 1669. Obverse: unclear legend around HIS // HALFE // PENNY in three lines. Reverse: illegible centre surrounded by unclear legend.
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: BUC-E1AE11
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
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A post medieval copper alloy trade token, dating to AD 1671. Issued by Abraham Garraway of Chesham, Buckinghamshire. The token has two pipes crossed, with the legend - ABRAHAM . GARRAWAY. The other side has G/ A M in the centre, and the legend IN.CHESHAM 1671.  Boyne and Williamson 1889, page 48, number 46. 
Created on: Friday 10th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: WMID-2CD610
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
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A complete lead alloy uni-face token of later Medieval to Post-Medieval date, circa AD 1400-1800. The token is broadly circular in plan. The obverse is decorated with a central raised circle and then three concentric circles, representing Powell type 31 (Circular or elliptical geometric). The reverse is undecorated and slightly concave. It also have some slight corrosive material at the centre. The token has a light green coloured patina across both surfaces.  Measurements: diameter 18.6mm, thickness 3.2mm, weight 2.4 grams. Lead tok…
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-9BC521
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
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A complete post medieval copper alloy 'conder' halfpenny token issued by John Howard (AD 1726-1790) dating to AD 1794.  Obverse description: Bust of John Howard left Obverse inscription: IOHN HOWARD F.R.S PHILANTHROPIST (from 6 O'Clock) Reverse description: Arms of Portsmouth (sun and moon over triple-towered castle) with the arms of Chichester visible emblazoned over the entrance, date of 1794 in exergue Reverse inscription: PORTSMOUTH AND CHICHESTER HALF PENNY Edge inscription: [PAYABLE] AT SHARPS PORTSMOUTH AND CHALDECOTTS CHICHESTER Dimensions: diameter:…
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: SWYOR-5226B8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
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A Post Medieval copper alloy circular token dating from AD 1812. It was issued by the Cheadle Copper and Brass Company. Obverse legend: CHEADLE COPPER & BRASS COMPANY Across field: TOKEN // 1812 Reverse legend: PAYABLE IN LONDON CHEADLE AND NEATH · Across field: ONE // PENNY The token has a diameter of 33.5mm, is 2.1mm thick and weighs 15.75g. See https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_T-6321 and https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces153249.html, as well as https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG88522 for more information on the…
Created on: Monday 17th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 10th August 2023
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Record ID: BH-43441D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
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A post-medieval, copper-alloy trade token of uncertain issuer, dated AD. 1666. Obverse: unclear centre; legend: H(V)G(H)[...]C:(GER)[...]PO(X).  Reverse: H(E) at centre surmounted by a (crown), 1666 underneath; legend [...]HA[...].  The token is very worn and part of the flan is missing.
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
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Record ID: BUC-50132C
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
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A  copper alloy 17th century trade token issued by Thomas Burges of Bicester, Oxfordshire. The token has a pewterer's arms, with the legend - THOMAS BVRGES. The other side has B/TM in the centre, and the legend OF. BISTER 1665.  Boyne and Williamson 1889, page 925, number 38. 
Created on: Monday 29th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 29th May 2023
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Record ID: BH-06A6BB
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
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A post-medieval German sub-square copper-alloy coin weight of the Low Countues dating AD 1500-1650.  Obverse: king riding on horseback holding sceptre facing left.  Reverse: standing figure holding secptre..
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2023
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Record ID: OXON-A06186
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
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A copper-alloy trade token farthing of Post Medieval date, probably issued by William Hearn of Witney, Oxfordshire dating to AD 1659-1672. Williamson Oxfordshire 234 (Williamson 1891, 937). Other examples of this coin on the PAS database include: OXON-EBC48F, BERK-910E75 and BERK-322265.
Created on: Monday 13th February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
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Record ID: BH-A5CD91
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
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A Post Medieval copper-alloy seventeenth century trade token of an uncertain issuer. One face is illegible. The other face depicts a shield surrounded by an indecipherable legend. A hole perforates the centre of the flan and one edge of the flan is damaged. The trade token measures 16.7mm diameter and weighs 0.40 grams.
Created on: Friday 20th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-527266
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
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A post-medieval or Modern unidentified copper alloy token, button or jetton which is bent and has a break. It probably dates fom AD 1650 - 1900. One face is illegible, or perhaps blank. The other has parts of the legend visible: TH[...]SALL / B[...]BERTON round the top and bottom. The central design is illegible. Diameter 23.0mm; thickness 9.0mm; weight 1.66g.
Created on: Monday 16th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th February 2023
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Record ID: CAM-0007E5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
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A seventeenth centuary AD trade token of Joseph Heath of Cambridge dated 1666. This token is almost complete with just a small amount of the edge missing, c.5.0mm of the circumference by a maximum 1.5mm in from the edge of the flan. Obverse legend reads: IOSEPH.HE[ATH.]OF, depicting a shield bearing arms (Williamson, G.C. 1967, "The arms are per chevron, in chief two mullets, in base a heathcock"). Reverse legend reads: CAMBRIDGE.1666, depicting I.H.H. in the field. Mullet mint mark on both sides of the flan. Die axis is 12 o'clock. Weight is 0.59, diameter is 16:0mm, t…
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: SWYOR-C16E37
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
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A fragment of a copper alloy possible token, coin or jetton of Post Medieval or Modern date, AD 1500 - 1950. Less than a quarter of the flan survives. It has a line border inside the legend on both faces. A large letter C or G or scroll design is visible on one face, and possibly on both, but no other diagnostic features are visible. The legends are illegible. The fragment has a mottled brown patina. It is 20.9mm long, 11.8mm wide and 1.5mm thick. 1g. The estimated diameter is about 25mm.
Created on: Wednesday 28th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-045430
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
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An incomplete post-medieval copper alloy 17th-century trade token penny issued by Nic Delone at Lazey Hill (Lazars' Hill) in the City of Dublin in Ireland, Williamson Ireland number 555, dating from AD 1663 - 1679. Ref: Williamson (1967) page 1398. Diameter 16.4mm; thickness 0.7mm and weight 1.01g. Part of the edge is missing. Obverse legend: NIC DELONE LAZY HILL Obverse field: 1D / N D Reverse: The fruiterers' Arms (Adam and Eve under the tree with a serpent entwined round its trunk). No legend.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2023
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Record ID: WAW-9DEAE6
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
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A copper alloy Post Medieval token from the city of Groningen dating to AD 1590. Obverse: arms of the City of Groningen represented by a double headed eagle with wings and feet outstretched and a square-topped shield, that is divided by three horizontal bars, below. G above the eagle and 1590 below either side of the shield. Set within a pelleted and then linear border.  Reverse: illegible.  For comparable examples see PAS records SOM-AEAD48 and NLM-E25921. This token was struck in the Netherlands during the Dutch Revolts.They were i…
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-911B53
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
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A Post Medieval copper-alloy trade token, dating to AD 1648 - 1672. Issued by Jonathan Fisher in Oakham, Rutland. Obverse: A man making candles - IONATHAN.FISHER.OF Reverse: I.S.F - OKEHAM.IN.RVTLAND Diameter: 16.4 mm Weight: 0.84 g
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
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Record ID: DENO-883F5E
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
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A complete copper alloy trade token dating to AD 1667 from Nottingham. Obverse inscription:  'Nottingham half penny, chainged by ye Chamberlain 1667'. Reverse states 'The arms of Nottingham are gules rising from the from the base of the shield a ragged cross of wood proper between three open crowns of gold, the lowest encircling the bottom of the cross'. Diameter 0.92 mm, thickness 0.04 mm and weight 3.27 g.
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
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