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Description: | A slightly incomplete copper alloy jeton of Edwardian "Sterling Head" type, of Edward I (1272-1307) to Edward III (1327-1377).
In ??Medieval English Jetons??, Berry (1974, p. 28) states: ??They are almost invariably either completely pierced or indented in the centre as a precaution against their use as coinage of the realm. The majority are adaptations from contemporary sterling pence. Some dies were actually made with the same irons and punches as the dies for the mint pennies????
In ??Jetons, Medalets and Tokens, Volume 1. The Medieval Period and Nuremberg", Mitchiner (1988, p. 95)states: ??Because official punches were used when the dies were made for sterling bust counters one can begin to develop a concept of their usage. One can infer that these particular counters were official productions, struck from official dies, and thus that they were probably manufactured at the Royal Mint in the Tower of London. Evidence of provenance does not at the present time suggest that provincial mints were active in this field. Most of these early counters were probably destined for use on government business; principally the affairs of the Royal Exchequer and such offices as the King??s Wardrobe????. He cautions (ibid.) that: ??The extent to which the early official mint products were available for purchase and use by the merchant class as a whole is debateable????, but he goes on to suggest that, ??the general mercantile and private use of jetons became widespread from about the first decade of the 14th century.?? | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Slarke, Duncan - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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