Tokens

Scope note

Designates substitutes for money that move within a limited universe, usually not in general circulation, may be exchanged for particular goods or services, and are made from hard substances whose intrinsic value is always less than the stated value.

This term has 3,910 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Object name
Object category

Getty AAT term number

300037334

Broader Terms used

<Exchange Media>

Narrower Terms used

17th-century Tokens
18th-century Tokens
19th-century Tokens
21st-century Tokens
<monetary tokens>
<nonmonetary tokens>
<semi-monetary tokens>
communion tokens
lead tokens

Term used for

coins, token
money, token
token coins
token money

Equivalent Terms used

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Dixon, Roger
Issuer: Eaton, D. I.
Manufacturer: Good

An image of Penny

Penny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Wyon, Thomas

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Ruler: George IV (1820-30) (Struck in the name of)
Die-engraver: Dixon, Roger
Manufacturer: Lutwyche, William

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Issuer: Wood (merchant, Bath, C18th) (Struck in the name of)

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Hancock, J. G.
Issuer: Clarke, Thomas (Lancs, C18th)
Manufacturer: Hancock, J. G.

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Wyon, Thomas
Manufacturer: Kempson, Peter

An image of Penny

Penny

Maker(s)

Issuer: uncertain

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Issuer: Goer, James

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Wyon, Thomas
Issuer: Kilvington, J.
Manufacturer: Kempson, Peter

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Hancock, J. G.
Issuer: Parys Mines Company

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Issuer: uncertain

An image of Farthing

Farthing

Maker(s)

Issuer: uncertain
Place of use: Wales

An image of Farthing

Farthing

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Jacobs, Benjamin (Uncertain)
Issuer: Orchard, Robert
Manufacturer: Skidmore, John (Inferred)

An image of Penny

Penny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Hancock, J. G. (After)
Issuer: Parys Mines Company (Struck in the name of)

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Frederick Augustus, Duke of York (Struck in the name of)
Manufacturer: Lutwyche, William

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Willets, Thomas
Issuer: Smith (Scotland, C18th)
Issuer: Wilson (Scotland, C18th)
Manufacturer: Kempson, Peter

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Issuer: Fyan, Talbot

An image of Penny

Penny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Jacobs, Benjamin
Manufacturer: Skidmore, John

An image of Penny

Penny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Hancock, J. G.
Issuer: Parys Mines Company

An image of Twopence

Twopence

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Issuer: Henrickson, John

An image of Penny

Penny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Parkes, Isaac
Issuer: Bewley, Edward

An image of Farthing

Farthing

An image of Shilling

Shilling

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Issuer: Gamson, John

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