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Unlisted unofficial farthing type in lead

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Not listed in D&H, Withers etc. In lead - of Scottish origin, likely from the NW. 

Obverse: JENNAT FRUIT SHOP in two curved lines

Reverse: TEA DEALER 

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Was it a detector find? , I have found a few bag seals that look similar to this. Is there any sign of it being in two pieces or once having a hole in the edge that a piece of string once threaded through. The hole is always difficult to see as the seal would have been squashed over the thread. 

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1 hour ago, Gaz T said:

Was it a detector find? , I have found a few bag seals that look similar to this. Is there any sign of it being in two pieces or once having a hole in the edge that a piece of string once threaded through. The hole is always difficult to see as the seal would have been squashed over the thread. 

Not a detector find as far as I know. No tell-tale marks on the edge either, although I imagine the manufacture was similar to that of a cloth seal - squeezed rather than struck ! 

Would be interested to see photos of your bag seals if you've taken any; I have a few 18th century English ones but nothing with this style of lettering which is fairly distinctive for Scottish tokens of the late 18th century/early 19th century. 

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Had a search in the loft as all my old detector finds were all boxed up.

Found a few of the seals and a few older medieval lead tokens but I have many more up there somewhere.

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1 hour ago, Gaz T said:

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The third one down is an unfeasible operation. Webb and Son? You could live off Indian cuisine for weeks and not come close to producing commercial quantities. :blink:

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