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Coins

It appears as though Spalding traders faced with a shortage of small change took to minting their own coins. These coins were given in change and could only be used in that business. But does anybody have more information about these tokens. Are there more?

1666-SPALDING-LINCOLNSHIRE BRASS HALF PENNY-TOKEN Possibly John Taylor was the issuer.
1666-SPALDING-LINCOLNSHIRE BRASS HALF PENNY-TOKEN Possibly John Taylor was the issuer.
Spalding Halfpenny from 1794
1794 Back of Spalding Half Penny

This entry was posted in Chain Bridge Forge, Community and Place, Photographs, Spalding on January 13, 2014 by Geoff Taylor.

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