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Title: Today's find, silver token Post by: rainyday on November 05, 2017, 02:54:53 PM Found this today, I've done a bit of research and found that it is an 1811 token.like this one,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SOMERSET-BRISTOL-SILVER-SHILLING-TOKEN-1811-/361952482285 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SOMERSET-BRISTOL-SILVER-SHILLING-TOKEN-1811-/361952482285) (https://preview.ibb.co/hVroHb/image2_1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/iPrYiG) (https://preview.ibb.co/fdnjqw/image1_1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/cKtPqw) <a target='_blank' href='https://imgbb.com/' (https://imgbb.com/')>upload photos to website[/url] Title: Re: Today's find, silver token Post by: GJH on November 05, 2017, 04:35:38 PM Nice shilling token, well found, I found a six pence token last year, they were supplied by local traders in the industrial revolution when small change was short, so made their own coinage.
Geoff Title: Re: Today's find, silver token Post by: rainyday on November 05, 2017, 04:38:07 PM Thanks Jeff, nice to know a bit about it.
Dean Title: Re: Today's find, silver token Post by: dingdong on November 05, 2017, 05:43:24 PM Very nice and historically interesting token find..good condition too.
Well detected and saved..Good Hunting..👍 Title: Re: Today's find, silver token Post by: rainyday on November 05, 2017, 06:03:52 PM Thanks dingdong
Title: Re: Today's find, silver token Post by: Briser on November 06, 2017, 10:46:54 PM That's a cool find
Title: Re: Today's find, silver token Post by: rainyday on November 07, 2017, 12:29:51 PM Yes was we’ll chuffed.
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