Trade token of Elinor Roope

This trade token was worth one farthing. Documentary records show that Elinor Roope married a cloth-maker a few years after she issued this token. It is not known what her trade was before she married.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
36/1935
Category
Array
Collection Class
Numismatics
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Collector Excavator
Skinner, F
Material
copper alloy
Common Name
trade token of Elinor Roope
Simple Name
token
Inscription Transcription
1669.ELINOR.ROOPE.IN*; ST SIDWELL.PARRISH.EXON.
Period Classification
Charles II (1660-1685)
Production Date
1669

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farthing trade token of Elinor Roope