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 3,908 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

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

Term used for

coins, token
money, token
token coins
token money

Equivalent Terms used

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Shilling

Shilling

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Issuer: Willoughby
Issuer: Sinkins, Jane
Issuer: Ryall, Henry
Issuer: Sparks, William
Issuer: Gerard, William
Issuer: Griffith
Issuer: Gough

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Issuer: Picard, John Kirby
Manufacturer: Thomason, Edward

An image of Penny

Penny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Turnpenny, William
Issuer: Baker, William (Notts, C19th)

An image of Penny

Penny

Maker(s)

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

An image of Sixpence

Sixpence

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Issuer: Morgan, H. (Uncertain)

An image of Penny

Penny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Wyon, Peter
Issuer: Gill, John J. (Uncertain)

An image of Threepence

Threepence

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Willets, Thomas
Issuer: Birmingham Workhouse
Manufacturer: Aston, S.
Manufacturer: Aston, T.

An image of Sixpence

Sixpence

Maker(s)

Issuer: Best, William B.
Manufacturer: Kempson, J.

An image of Shilling

Shilling

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Issuer: Shaftesbury Bank

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Wyon, Thomas (Uncertain)
Issuer: British Copper Company

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Issuer: Hilles, James

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Wyon, Thomas (Uncertain)
Issuer: British Copper Company

An image of Shilling

Shilling

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Davies
Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Manufacturer: Morgan, H. (Uncertain)

An image of Penny

Penny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Issuer: Warren, Robert
Manufacturer: Thomason, Edward (Uncertain)

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

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

An image of Shilling

Shilling

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Issuer: Culverhouse, Charles
Issuer: Orchard, Isaac
Issuer: Phipps, James

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Wyon, Thomas
Issuer: Dunham
Issuer: Yallop, John Harrison

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Issuer: Waterhouse, William

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Issuer: Picard, John Kirby
Manufacturer: Thomason, Edward

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Wyon, Thomas (Uncertain)
Issuer: British Copper Company

An image of Shilling

Shilling

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Issuer: Niblock, J.
Issuer: Latham, R. S.

An image of Penny

Penny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Halliday, Thomas
Issuer: Stephens, Edward

An image of Penny

Penny

Maker(s)

Die-engraver: Turnpenny, William (Uncertain)
Issuer: Round, Abel (Uncertain)
Place of issue: Wednesbury (Inferred)

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