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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 26710615, member: 12789&quot;]There are approximately 20,000 different 17th century tokens from the British Isles.&nbsp; A photograph would be quite helpful in attempting to assist you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile whilst on the subject of 17th century tokens they were issued from ca. 1649 until 1672 whence their issuance was banned by the crown.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1705235[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A halfpenny of Joseph Russell of Arundel West Sussex.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1705240[/ATTACH]</p><p>A 1668 halfpenny from Thomas Ewin in Cambridge - the candlestick maker.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1705241[/ATTACH]</p><p>Another 1668 halfpenny in brass from Edward Purcell from Thornborough Bucks.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1705244[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A 1670 farthing, a municipal issue from Beccles in Suffolk - with a sheep pen and sheep!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1705246[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>George Godfrey of Salisbury, Wiltshire issued his token in 1659 - this is my favourite token for a particular reason - he had a very common profession for the time - a rat catcher - but he is the only known rat catcher to have issued a token and these are quite scarce.&nbsp; Notice the ubiquitous rat on the front of the token.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1705249[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Tokens were also issued in Ireland - though they are a little scarcer than the tokens from Great Britain - however this token has a neat little tale attached to it -it was unearthed in 2008 in Lancashire, in England by a detectorist - because it was an unusual find being an Irish token that obviously travelled to Lancashire in the 17th century it was reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme and the finder/seller had to secure an export license to send it out of the country to me.&nbsp; This token was issued by Mic Wilson in Dublin in 1672.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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