Leaden Tokens and Tallies: Roman to Victorian Book

Uses of these items are lavishly illustrated and fully described in this fascinating book. The text ranges far and wide to tell the stories; the photographs show several hundred images of leaden tokens and tallies from every age. They cast much needed light on a group of collectable artefacts about which little has been documented until now. Contents: Introduction; Acknowledgements; A note to Para-numismatists; In the Beginning; The Anglo-French Connection; Early English Tokens; The Boy Bishop Phenomenom; Tokens & Tallies After 1400; Tudor Tokens & Tallies; Post Tudor Developments; Agricultural Tallies; 17th-19th Century; Communion Tokens; Shycocks; Moulds; A Brief Look At Cloth and Bag Seals; Collecting & Researching; Some Puzzling Pieces.Sold by and despatched from the worlds largest supplier of metal detecting books; Spin-A-Disc Metal Detectors, HALIFAX HX2 8JE UKRead More