Halfpenny - Surrey Bagshot / W. Moore

Features

Issuer	England (United Kingdom)
Type	Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens
Year	1669
Value	½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency	English Trade Tokens (1648-72)
Composition	Miedź
Weight	1.78 g
Diameter	21 mm
Thickness	0.5 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 361640
References	B-W# 2 William Boyne, George Charles Williamson (ed.). Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales and Ireland, by corporations, merchants, tradesmen, etc.. Elliot Stock, London, United Kingdom (2 volumes).

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Obverse

(en) Central tree within inner circle, legend around.

Script: łaciński

Lettering: WILLIAM . MOORE ..

Reverse

(en) Central denomination across three lines within inner circle, legend and date around.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
HIS
HALF
PENY
...
IN . BAGSHOTT . 1669 .

Edge

Zwykły Automatically translated

Comments

(en)

From Boyne-Williamson Traders' Tokens Of The Seventeenth Century :

In the Exchequer Bills, Surrey, Charles II., No. 191, we read : " Arthur Earl of Anglesea versus William Moore and others concerning tithes
within the manors of Bagshot and Windlesham."

From an article regarding Surrey tokens on windleshamsociety.co.uk :

... a halfpenny token issued by William Moore, innkeeper of the Bush in Bagshot in 1669 ...

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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1669

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