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Post Medieval to Modern: Anglesey Mines 'druid' token
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National Museums Liverpool , Teresa Gilmore, 2011-06-27 09:36:58
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Post Medieval to Modern: Anglesey Mines 'druid' token
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English: A complete but worn, struck / hammered copper alloy token, issued by the Anglesey Mines (Parys Mining Company) in 1791 in Anglesey.

Obverse: Hooded druid's head, surrounded by an oak wreath.
Obverse inscription: -
Reverse: Cypher of the Parys Mining Company.
Reverse inscription: ANGLESEY MINES HALF PENNY 1791

Diameter: 29.00mm
Thickness: 2.53mm
Weight: 12.7 grams.

The Anglesey half pennies or 'Druids' were the first copper token coinage to be issued by a company to facilitate the payment of the miners, thereby overcoming the dearth of small change experienced throughout the country, but there might also have been a little personal interest too. Sales of copper were beginning to decrease, and selling Druid tokens to other industrialists was a handy way of increasing turnover.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Sefton
Date 1791
date QS:P571,+1791-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 450041
Old ref: LVPL-35FED4
Filename: lvpl-35fed4.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/334690
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/334690/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/450041
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Object location53° 32′ 01.68″ N, 2° 57′ 07.34″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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