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Description: | inscription, engraving, written at the feet of the man, JAMES
inscription, engraving, showing a keel boat, COALY TYNE
This is a brass trade token made by Thomas Spence in 1797. It shows a keel boat with the words 'COALY TYNE'. Trade tokens were first produced in the 1600s to solve the shortage of small value coins in circulation. By the 1700s they had become popular ways of advertising or expressing personal beliefs. Spence made this one for his brother Jeremiah, a Newcastle clothes seller, to distribute.
Material: metal, copper alloy, brass | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.socialhistory.445672 | Go to resource |
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