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Description: | A complete copper alloy halfpenny trade token of post-medieval date. The token is extremely worn rendering much of the diagnostic detail illegible. It is not therefore possible to determine the issuer of this token.Obverse: Illegible legend around date 166[-]Reverse: IllegibleThe token is 16.2mm in diameter and weighs 1g.Trade tokens were issued between 1648 and 1673 at a time when there was little low denomination coinage being issued by the crown. As a result traders and business proprietors began issuing tokens as an alternate coinage with equivalent denominations of a farthing, half penny or penny. Such trade tokens rarely travel far from their place of issue and provide a wonderful insight to the trade of the time.
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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