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Counters

Findspot: 
Whitefriar's, Coventry
Period: 
Date: 
1547 - 1558

These objects were found during excavations at Coventry Free Grammar School (1547-1558). These counters were used in games of draughts or perhaps as chips to tally gaming gains and losses. Games resembling gambling were forbidden, rules some students apparently ignored.

Collection information

Collection: 
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
Accession No: 
AR.1986.11.213

Exhibition details

Catalogue number: 
67

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