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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 550523, member: 12789&quot;]It is hard to say, that has sat in some mineralised soil for awhile, so that it is corroded enough that anything is possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some tokens are found in sand, or in loamy soil and come out looking pretty much like they did when they were dropped.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my 17th century tokens was found last year and is the best known examples, it would not be memorable but it is the only one issued by a ratkiller - yes that was a 17th century profession equivalent to an exterminator today.</p><p><br /></p><p>Often times these tokens were made by people travelling town to town with the equipment to manufacture them quickly and move on.&nbsp; They often times made them in a hurry with not much of a design etc.&nbsp; And they were careless or unknowing with spelling etc.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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