File:A complete English Post-Medieval lead-alloy pewter farthing token probably issued by Robert Kingsland of St. Saviours Dock, Southwark. (FindID 980302).jpg

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A complete English Post-Medieval lead-alloy pewter farthing token probably issued by Robert Kingsland of St. Saviours Dock, Southwark.
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A complete English Post-Medieval lead-alloy pewter farthing token probably issued by Robert Kingsland of St. Saviours Dock, Southwark.
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English: A complete English Post-Medieval lead-alloy pewter farthing token probably issued by Robert Kingsland of St. Saviours Dock, Southwark. A similar copper alloy farthing trade token was issued by Robert Kingsland at St. Saviour's Dock Head. Williamson (1891:1037 379). This is a Powell type 2 token.

Obverse: Noah's Ark with dove on roof.
Reverse: R . E . K in triangle formation (R E with K above) with foliate and rosette decoration between.

Dimensions: diameter: 14.53mm; weight: 1.40g.

Another lead alloy token on the database from Southwark with a copper alloy equivilant is LON-DBD7BA.

Reference: Williamson, G. C. 1891. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century Vol. II. Elliot Stock: London.

Mitchiner, M. and Skinner, A. 1984. English Tokens C.1425 - 1672. In Challis, C. and Blackburn, M. The British Numismatic Journal Volume 54 1985.

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 between 1648 and 1674
date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1648-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1674-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindIdentifier: 980302
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
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Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1082062/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/980302
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Object location51° 29′ 53.52″ N, 0° 03′ 11.95″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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