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Description: | Cast lead trade token with lines of raised squares on the obverse, perhaps imitating a portcullis, but the reverse is blank.
Lead tokens are thought to have been produced as a substitute for low denomination currency at times when it was in short supply. It is unclear as to why lead tokens were produced although they appear numerous in the 17th and 18th centuries (Bailey 1992, page 56). They may have been produced as a form of working class low denomination currency associated with rural areas (Bailey 2000, pages 13-14). Alternative uses may have been for payment of casual workers or gambling (ibid. page 14).
Bailey (1992) illustrates a similar example on page 57, No.36, which is dated to the 17th century.
Fletcher (2003) illustrates a similar example on page 30 which is dated to the Medieval period. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1400
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Tyacke | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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