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Unknown 5 - Found Among A Lot Of Old British Copper (Id: 17th Century Blewberry Farthing Token)

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A small coin. Any help at all gratefully received.
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17th century farthing token, issued by George Stanton of Blewbury, Berkshire, I think.
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Thank you! I believe you're right. When you look at what I have called the reverse, and know what you're looking at, you can make out "George Stanton" surrounding what's probably the Mercers' Arms. The town seems to be spelled "Blewberry" on this one, though.
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From "Trade tokens issued in the seventeenth century in England, Wales, and Ireland, by corporations, merchants, tradesmen, etc. Illustrated by numerous plates and woodcuts, and containing notes of family, heraldic, and topographical interest respecting the various issuers of the tokens", full text available on Google:
Of the Blewbury tokens there are three farthings and one halfpenny.
The name of the village is spelt by the issuers as follows :

3 times BLEWBERY
I time BLEWBEREY

13. *0. GEORGE . STANTON = G . s . E. The Mercers' Arms.

J?. BLEWBERY . 1670 = HIS HAI^F PENY J

It will be seen that three different tokens, all with the I^rercers* Arms, were
L<^ued by George Stanton, who was doubtless the main shopkeeper in the village.

14. O. GEORGE . STANTON = The Merccrs' Arms.

J?. IN . BLEWBEREY . 1665=0 . E . S J

(Pi. I, Fig. 2.)
This is the type most commonly met with.

15. *0, GEORGE. STANTON = Mercers* Arms.

J^. IN . BLEWBERY = G . S. J

A rare type.
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Variations in spellings for placenames was quite common until the introduction of the Ordnance Survey maps.
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