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Description: | A complete copper alloy halfpenny trade token of Lionel Buckle from Hull dated AD 1665.Obverse: LYONELL BUCKLE IN HVLL around buckleReverse: HIS HALFPENY 1665 around B//L/AThe token is 19.4mm in diameter and weighs 1.7g.A similar trade token is in the collections of the British Museum (1886,0104.23): http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1240073&partId=1Trade 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: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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