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Wisbech Cambridgeshire 1657 Farthing Token Henry Tunard Bakers Arms W211
£30.00
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1657 Henry Tunard, Wisbech (Cambridgeshire) 17th Century Copper Trade Token
A clear and solid example of a 17th-century copper alloy trade farthing issued in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire by the local baker Henry Tunard in 1657.
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Obverse: Shield depicting the Bakers' Arms (a hand issuing from a cloud holding a pair of scales between sheaves of wheat/garbs) within an inner linear circle.
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Legend:
[mullet] HENRY : TVNARD . OF
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Reverse: Triad of initials representing Henry and his wife Isabella Tunard within an inner linear circle.
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Legend:
[mullet] WISBITCH : 1657
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Catalog References: Dickinson Cambridgeshire 211 | Williamson Cambridgeshire 211 | Norweb 498
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