Farthing - Norfolk Norwich / Town

Farthing - Norfolk (Norwich / Town) - obverseFarthing - Norfolk (Norwich / Town) - reverse

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Features

Issuer England (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Type Token
Years 1667-1670
Value 1 Farthing = ¼ Penny = 1⁄48 Shilling = 1⁄960 Pound
Currency English Trade Tokens (1648-72)
Composition Copper
Weight 2.9 g
Diameter 21 mm
Thickness 0.5 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
18013
References B-W# 225-8,
William Boyne, George C. Williamson; 1889. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales and Ireland, by corporations, merchants, tradesmen, etc. / Volume 1 (2nd edition). Elliot Stock, London, United Kingdom.
And 1 more volumes.
Withers# 227-8
Paul Withers, Bente R. Withers; 2010. The Token Book / Volume 1. British Tokens of the 17th 18th and 19th Centuries and Their Values. Galata Print Limited, Llanfyllin, Powys, Wales.

Obverse

Legend across three horizontal lines with date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
A
NORWICH
FARTHING
1668

Reverse

Arms of the city of Norwich: a lion rampant facing left surmounted by a castle triple-towered argent, all within a flat-topped shield.

Edge

Plain

Comments

These private trade tokens were produced out of necessity due to the lack of regal coinage. Following the Civil War, which saw the reigning monarch, Charles I, beheaded and a period of Commonwealth government under Oliver Cromwell and later his son, Richard, the monarchy was finally restored in 1660 when Charles II ascended to the throne. At the time these Norwich tokens were struck, there had already been some 20 years without small denomination regal coinage and it was not until 1672 that the first Charles II farhings and halfpennies were issued.

Two obverse variants of the 1668 dated token exist:
B-W#226 - the letter A is partly over the R and partly over the W of Norwich;
B-W#227 - the letter A is exactly over the letter W of Norwich;

Catalogues: M. Dickinson 225; Dies as Norweb 3115.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1667  68% B-W#225
1668  5% B-W#226
1668  9% B-W#227, Withers#227
1670  18% B-W#228, Withers#228

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