Trade token

Record number: CHEGM: 1906 234

Description: Seventeenth century trade token. Octagonal halfpenny token of James Swinton of Knutsford, 1667.

James Swinton

Place made: Knutsford

Date: 1667

Period: 17th century

Material: bronze

Dimensions: length 20mm; width 20.6mm; weight 1.55g

Inscription: obverse IAMES / SWINTON / IN KNVTS / FORD

Inscription: reverse HIS / HALFE / PENNY / 1667


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