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 Shilling

Shilling

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Issuer: Stansall, Thomas
Issuer: Moor, Charles
Issuer: Fisher, Richard
Issuer: Fillingham, Richard
Issuer: Readett, William
Issuer: Wilson, Thomas

An image of Penny

Penny

Maker(s)

Issuer: Tredegar Iron Company

An image of Sixpence

Sixpence

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Willets, Thomas
Issuer: Birmingham Workhouse

An image of Shilling

Shilling

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Issuer: Lord
Issuer: Marshall (Yorks, C19th)
Manufacturer: Younge
Manufacturer: Deakin

An image of Penny

Penny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Issuer: Union Copper Company
Issuer: uncertain (Countermarked by)

An image of Penny

Penny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Issuer: Bristol Brass & Copper Company

An image of Sixpence

Sixpence

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Issuer: Morgan, H.
Manufacturer: Morgan, H.

An image of Shilling

Shilling

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Issuer: Tripp, Robert

An image of Penny

Penny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Issuer: Fereday, Samuel
Manufacturer: Thomason, Edward

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Issuer: Wilberforce, William (Uncertain)
Issuer: Society for the Suppression of the Slave Trade (Uncertain)

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Issuer: London Corresponding Society (Struck in the name of)
Manufacturer: Skidmore, John (Inferred)

Tokens

An image of British Isles

British Isles

Maker(s)

Issuer: Webster (metals manufacturer)
Place of use: London

One of forty-two coins, eleven tokens, two medals and one banknote

One of forty-two coins, eleven tokens, two medals and one banknote

One of forty-two coins, eleven tokens, two medals and one banknote

One of forty-two coins, eleven tokens, two medals and one banknote

One of: two modern coins and three telephone tokens

One of twenty-five ancient coins, seventeen medieval coins and forty-eight modern coins, tokens and banknotes:

Part of a systematic collection of 972 East Asian coins and amulets:

One of twenty-five ancient coins, seventeen medieval coins and forty-eight modern coins, tokens and banknotes:

One of forty-one modern coins and tokens, and four banknotes:

One of twenty-five ancient coins, seventeen medieval coins and forty-eight modern coins, tokens and banknotes:

One of forty-one modern coins and tokens, and four banknotes:

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