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Description: | Silver hammered and stamped token or love token dating from the early modern period, i.e. c. AD1700-1900. This used to be a coin, probably a sixpence of William III, which was reused as token, possibly love- or advertising token or possibly a jeweller's trial piece for hallmark stamps. The coin was worn smooth and then stamped and bent. Bending usually suggests that the coin was reused as a love token but because some of the stamps are 'bent', too, the bending must have occurred after stamping. There are several names and initial, in latin capitals as well as swirly letters and italics which suggests that that the token must have been stamped and reused several times. It has been suggested that, if initial, surnames and addresses appear on such tokens, they may have been used as advertising tokens which were given out by local businesses to salesmen and customers. Another explanation for the variety in size and style of the lettering could be that the worn silver coins were used by jewellers when trying out their hallmark stamps. Generally, however, it is not clear why these coins were stamped and what they were reused for.
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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