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Description: | Copper alloy traders token of postmedieval date (produced AD 1669). The token relates to Coventry, as its obverse bears the city's 'Elephant and Castle' arms, and the reverse the legend ' A Coventry Halfe Penny 1669'. These tokens were issued by overseers of the poor, with the profits ostensibly used to help in their work with orphans.Weight: 9.7gDiam: 21mmTh: 1mm
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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