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Metal detecting holidays in England with the Worlds most successful metal detecting club Twinned with Midwest Historical Research Society USA |
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15thC Lead tokens - classic designs are long cross and weave/flower patterns Lead, as it is soft and prone
to oxidisation, has rarely been used for coinage proper, and never
in England. However, since it is cheap and easy to melt and cast,
coin-like objects of lead, and sometimes also of pewter and tin, were
widely produced in medieval times up to the nineteenth century. These
lead pieces probably had a range of functions, perhaps a cheaper versions
of reckoning counters and as token coinage in small scale dealings,
and more certainly, as chits, tickets or passes. Ecclesiastical bodies
used such tokens to register attendance at services. In most cases
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Lead tokens all periods |
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17thC
lead trade token
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16th C Elizabeth 1st prohibited lead tavern pieces - glass and bottle |
16th C Elizabeth 1st prohibited lead tavern pieces - bottle flowing into glass |
17thC
lead trade token |
17thC
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17thC
lead trade token |
17thC lead token - rider on horse |
Roman lead token - very similar to 17thC examples |
C10thC Saxon lead token |
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17thC lead token - man standing |
15thC Medieval Boy Bishop lead token |
17thC lead token with star design |
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17th lead tarde token |
Medieval lead token - cross between a Boy Bishop token and a long cross type - at a pinch it could be a Saxon example |
15thC lead trade token |
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Medieval Boy Bishop lead token Obv Long cross and pellet Rev Bishop mitre |
17thC token like the Obv of a Charles 1st coin with the shield and harp. The legend reads SVFFOLK which means it is a Suffolk token |
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Stunning 16thC lead token Obv Spread eagle Obv Tudor Rose |
Rare C1480 AD Boy Bishop token for this area, at 26.22mm dia it is a large token based on the long cross groat coin of the period |
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16thC Elizabeth 1st lead token 2.75g, 17.85mm - Portcullis with E at centre Obv ***** ERIXE.DEI Rev XXIIII |
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17thC lead trade token |
17thC lead trade token |
Anglo saxon lead token |
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17thC lead trade token |
Roman lead trade token |
Saxon token or gaming piece |
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Saxon coin weight or token ? |
17thC lead trade token |
Medieval lead token - cross between a Boy Bishop token and a long cross type - at a pinch it could be a Saxon example |
Possible Saxon period lead token |
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Medieval Boy Bishop lead token |
17thC lead token with star design |
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17thC lead trade token |
16thC Elizabethan illegal lead pub token - flask and cup design |
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Roman lead token |
Roman lead token - bust facing left |
16thC Elizabethan illegal lead pub token - flask and cup design |
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Excellent 14th/15thC lead token - shield and pellet type |
Medieval lead gaming piece |
17thC lead trade token |
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1603 James 1st lead token |
17thC lead token - Anchor type |
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Roman lead token Obv Roman bust Rev One figure standing - one seated |
17thC lead token |
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Roman lead token Obv Roman bust |
Medieval 'boy bishop' style lead token |
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First dated 18thC lead token I have seen dated 1754 |
1603 James 1st lead token |
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| Medieval lead token | Excellent medieval lead token - bear bating sceens both sides | ||
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Great find, large 17thC lead medallion - matches smaller tokens of the period |
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Very rare find, 15thC type 2 lead long cross and pellets lead token but with a detailed obverse. Appears to be two sword/daggers with the letter N |
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