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A complete English Post-Medieval copper-alloy half penny trade token, issued by Richard Acton Marchal in Milford Lane in the Strand dating to AD 1665. Williamson (1889:627, no.1897)
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A complete English Post-Medieval copper-alloy half penny trade token, issued by Richard Acton Marchal in Milford Lane in the Strand dating to AD 1665. Williamson (1889:627, no.1897)
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English: A complete English Post-Medieval copper-alloy half penny trade token, issued by Richard Acton Marchal in Milford Lane in the Strand dating to AD 1665. Williamson (1889:627, no.1897)

Obverse: RICHARD . ACTON . MARCHAL = HIS HALFE PENY 1665

Reverse: IN . MILFORD . LANE . BY . ST = CLEMENTS CHVRCH

Dimensions: diameter: 20.23mm; weight: 2.10g.

Reference: Williamson, G. C. 1889. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century Vol. I. Elliot Stock: London.

Copper alloy trade tokens were first struck in 1648. In 1656 half penny tokens were introduced. 1674 by Royal decree production of trade tokens ceased. Pers comm Verity Anthony
Depicted place (County of findspot) Greater London Authority
Date 1665
date QS:P571,+1665-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 879911
Old ref: LON-287F20
Filename: LON287F20token.jpg
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Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/879911
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Object location51° 30′ 02.16″ N, 0° 06′ 04.22″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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