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Description: | Copper farthing trade token of 17th-century type with the obverse depicting the trader's initials in the centre and place and date of issue in the legend on the reverse between two circles of pellets. This token was privately issued, probably between 1649-1672, but the reverse legend is illegible and it is unclear if there are initials within it. There appears to be an initial or element in the centre of the obverse, perhaps a 'V' which might have interlinked with another letter, or perhaps crossed swords like the example below, but the obverse is so worn that the recorder cannot make out any legend.Mayne & Williams (1985) illustrate a local token issued by John King of St Ives, on page 31, which has the crossed swords within the legend *IOHN KINGE on the obverse and the initials I.K. on the reverse within the legend *IN ST IVES 1667.Read (1988) illustrates a similar farthing token with the two inverted Vs in the centre of the obverse from Exeter on page 138, No.858, which is dated to 1660 on the reverse.Fletcher (2003) illustrates a similar token with a 'W' on the obverse, where the second V is central, from Bridgewater on page 41, which is dated to 1654 on the obverse.
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