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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3146133, member: 85693"]A very, very interesting post. Thank you all for sharing such interesting examples of centuries-long coin circulation. </p><p><br /></p><p>Recently I was reading a copy of the UK journal <i>Family & Community History</i> (Vol. 18, 2015) and came across an article "THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL AND ITS TOKEN SYSTEM." It described how orphans were tracked in the 18th century with a system of tokens of various materials. If a parent wanted to reclaim a child, this token was to be identified. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coins were used a lot of the time for these tokens, mostly English of course, often engraved with the name of the child, etc. But as I went through the article, I was astonished to find a really, really attractive antoninianus of Tacitus used as one of the tokens (although it was holed at 12 o'clock). There was also a fairly decent looking Elizabeth I shilling. </p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately this article is not available online for free. The coin is apparently part of the Foundling Museum collection. A few examples are shown on their site, but not the Tacitus, unfortunately: <a href="https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/collection/whats-on-display/the-tokens/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/collection/whats-on-display/the-tokens/" rel="nofollow">https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/collection/whats-on-display/the-tokens/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3146133, member: 85693"]A very, very interesting post. Thank you all for sharing such interesting examples of centuries-long coin circulation. Recently I was reading a copy of the UK journal [I]Family & Community History[/I] (Vol. 18, 2015) and came across an article "THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL AND ITS TOKEN SYSTEM." It described how orphans were tracked in the 18th century with a system of tokens of various materials. If a parent wanted to reclaim a child, this token was to be identified. Coins were used a lot of the time for these tokens, mostly English of course, often engraved with the name of the child, etc. But as I went through the article, I was astonished to find a really, really attractive antoninianus of Tacitus used as one of the tokens (although it was holed at 12 o'clock). There was also a fairly decent looking Elizabeth I shilling. Unfortunately this article is not available online for free. The coin is apparently part of the Foundling Museum collection. A few examples are shown on their site, but not the Tacitus, unfortunately: [url]https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/collection/whats-on-display/the-tokens/[/url][/QUOTE]
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