Tokens and Jetons - Norfolk and Suffolk

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These tokens, jetons and other items were found by metal detectorists in Norfolk and Suffolk, in the East of England.

Type:1630 Counter
Counter issued by Charles I to commemorate the birth of Charles II in 1630.
                              
 
Type:1793 Isaac Newton Farthing Token
Obverse:Sir Isaac Newton
Reverse:Cornucopia
                              
 
Type:1793 North Wales Halfpenny Token
Obverse:Monogram
Reverse:Druid
                              
 
Type:John Howard Halfpenny Token
                              
 
Type:1792 Halfpenny
Obverse Legend:IRON BRIDGE AT COALBROOK DALE / ERECTED ANNO 1779 SPAN 100 FEET
Reverse Legend:INCLINED PLANE AT KETLEY 1789
                              
 
Type:1796 Suffolk penny
Mintage:2,000
                              
 
Obverse:Lions in circle
Reverse Legend:GROCER AND TEA DEALER SLESSY YARMOURTH
                              
 
Obverse:Castle and lion in shield
Reverse Legend:A NORWICH FARTHING 1667
                              
 
Type:1788 Guinea copy?
Obverse Legend:GEORGIVUS III DEI GRATIA
Obverse:Bust of George
Reverse Legend:M B F ET H REX F D B ET LD S R I A T ET E
Reverse:Crowned shield
Design identical to a 1788 Guinea.
                              
 
Obverse Legend:FT
Reverse Legend:XXXII
Counterstamps over a very very worn halfpenny?
                              
 
Obverse Legend:S 36
Reverse Legend:S 36
Weight?
                              
 


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