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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Nothing sweeter than having a couple of pints that you grew the hops for @nathbrudenell.bsky.social - love CoHoperative growing! Local hops, local brewery (Anthology), lush!

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Our talk was very well received, lots of enthusiasm for research on Leeds tokens (which is overlooked) and offers of help! The generosity of others was remarkable, not only did I get my personal 'dog taggy bag' but I got armfuls of journals, books, offers for the uni collection and EXCEPTIONAL MERCH

Tote bag that says "been there, tokened that"

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Stand out talks during Token Congress included one on physical bitcoins and one on elephant tokens!

Photo of a slide which shows a metallic looking coin with a giant B

Very yellow token has an elephant on it, commemorating RED ELEPHANT RHUBARB

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sadly not in the Leeds University collection is this one issued by Grace Brischo on 1650 - she and three others all issued tokens with the same hanging fleece that is on the Leeds Coat of Arms today! www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In fact, the same pub was excavated a few years ago by West Yorkshire Archaeology Service (📸 📸) & hundreds of 19th century beer bottles were found! You can see @thetetley.bsky.social in the background!

Large hole in ground, three people in high Vis measure things

Hole in ground with large neat stack of bottles

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

...since it wasn't being supplied by the Royal Mint. This example was minted by Richard Atkinson who gave his location as Ye Scarborough Castle - which was a pub in Hunslet! explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-coll...

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Anyway, our @lulgalleries.bsky.social volunteers were giving a presentation on their big cataloguing project and research into 17th-century Leeds tokens!!! Here's the crew of Emma, Addy, Matt and myself! They've catalogued 500+ tokens from across the country ...

Group of four people at lecture, one south Asian man, one white man, two white women

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

But the society also covers paranumismatica which are "a whole range of coin-like objects ... consisting of Tokens, Tickets, Passes, Jetons and Medallions" This also includes dog tags (the woofing kind) & my task for next Congress is to tackle this group of metal-detected ones 🐕

Dirty circular discs on a fleece blanket, one says LUCY

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What is a token, you may ask? Well they are "a coin or similar object which is issued for use in place of regular or official coinage" ... thetokensociety.org.uk E.g. tokens like this dazzling Pontefract one were used to fill the gap in small change in the mid-1600s (note the woman issuer!)

Circular disc on one side a castle with the name Isabella Oats, the other saying PONTEFRACT

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

TOKEN CONGRESS ROUND-UP 🪙 Last weekend me & 3 @lulgalleries.bsky.social volunteers spent two days at Northampton Hilton, with an international cast of enthusiasts to discuss all things token!

Screen shot describing Token Congress from the society's website

Conference room with a screen at the end mostly full of white men

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Leeds CoHoperative Hop Drop today! A bunch of us grow hops, a local brewery makes a keg ,& the good people of Leeds get a truly local brew! Keg by Anthology due to be cracked in October!

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Experts, non-experts and machines is not audience segmentation.

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Move over coins, she's a dwarf eelgrass seed harvester now! 11/10 recommend volunteering @yorkswildlife.bsky.social at Spurn Point

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Anyway this was waiting when I got home 🧈 🍺 🍰 🍖

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

... but how do you pack so much in Lucy? 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 57.5 hours 462 miles 4 counties 1 conference (as Zoom compere) 1 ten k race 1 carers trip 1 board meeting 😅😅😅 Healthy right?

Image shows map of east of the UK with a blue line forming a large circle round the east midlands

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Tree tent, tree tent, I'm staying in a tree tent!!!

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Yes, that *is* a lobster - which was the address "the lobster, at the maypole, on the strand" 🦞 A very happy day with staff and volunteers @lulgalleries.bsky.social reorganising approx 1700 trade tokens from 17th century.

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Yes we used casts of hands as mounts for coins inspired by Who Am I To You? @lulgalleries.bsky.social exhibition ... I think they help people understand scale (tiny!) of these coins, as well as imply that palm to palm movement of spending or saving money!

White cast hand, palm upwards with small brass coins in centre

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"Spotlight on 'Stycas'" - the early medieval coinage display you never knew you needed is up at Yorkshire Museum! You can pop in to the foyer for free & see some highlights from my @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social PhD for the next year! Mega thanks to the @yorkmuseumstrust.bsky.social team!

Dark haired, tattooed woman stands next to a display case which is grey. An interpretation panel is coral and the back shows a selection of coins and a map of Europe. Object is the case include handwritten notebooks, a lead cross and several coins.

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Wiki Women+ Summit at Wikimania! Here's a taster from my TikTok, serious day tho: existential threats to open knowledge, harassment, bullying, impact on mental health ... some sunshine tho, inc. a new tool to calculate the gender gap wiki-gender-stats.toolforge.org @wikimediafoundation.org

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Cross Flatts Park this morning, shimmering in the rain

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Forgot to mention the most important thing - there were goody bags? These included pamphlets, Vivak samples, pens from @yorkarchaeology.bsky.social and STICKERS 🛍️ (I forgot to buy any chocolate coins 😭)

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Big day @lulgalleries.bsky.social today as we hosted our first @money-and-medals.bsky.social event!!! Hands-on, DIY solutions to issues - using Vivak for mounts, sink-mounting broken coins & hacking an Axiel lighting set up! Plus talks from @leedsmuseums.bsky.social & @yorkarchaeology.bsky.social

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

This was a great conference! We hosted a Watch Party with @lulgalleries.bsky.social volunteer token cataloguers! @britnumsoc.bsky.social

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I even continued my training plan in Barcelona on a @wikimediafoundation.org strategy retreat! If you can spare a couple of quid *gracias* (muttered by a very English person embarrassed by their terrible language skills and horribly aware they don't know thank you in Catalan)

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

In Barcelona, my hotel has a copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the bedside. Is this a Catalan thing? I feel like if a few more places in the UK did this, we wouldn't be in such a pickle.

Image shows a small book with a yellow and red cover next to a two pin plug socket and a remote control

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Shout out to @leedsmuseums.bsky.social & the wonderful Kat for showing two of our @lulgalleries.bsky.social volunteers around the Discovery Centre today and introducing them to the token collection, as well as contemporary hoards from Temple Newsam! Lovely stuff for #VolunteersWeek

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

If you're not a wheelchair user, or used to being around people who use them, it's so easy to not notice what might be a hazard or what might be confusing, but these could be simple additions! We did love the map of other sites with @changingplacesuk.bsky.social toilets & the invite for feedback

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Please take a look at this curb to the Walled Garden - the welcome assistant said was accessible, but the left hand side was too much for the wheelchair & mum almost tipped out! Some kind of little ramp would be so helpful! @nationaltrust.org.uk

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

... but we have two big pieces of feedback! Please put signs out showing the accessible route up to the parterre - we got confused several times (pictured), which drained the wheelchair battery and our energy! @nationaltrust.org.uk

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Had a fab time exploring the gardens of Blickling Hall with my wheelchair user Mum! We really enjoyed the efforts that had gone in to make a challenging site more accessible ... @nationaltrust.org.uk

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

The blossom in #Armley park is incredible, who needs Japan? Go visit this week if you're in #Leeds - finishing my parkrun under it was such a joy today @leedscitycouncil.bsky.social @parkrunuk.bsky.social

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Running away from the chocolatier at Peterborough Museum!

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

my #numismatics x #Wikipedia crossover is writing articles about women in the field - today Carmen Alfaro Asins is on English Wikipedia's front page, bringing her (too short) life and scholarship to a whole new audience 🪙 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_...

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

& read more about Sharifa here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharifa...

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Read more about Nadia here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia_E...

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

It's #TransDayOfVisibility & a bunch of @wikipedia.org editors (inc. me) filled the #dyk section on English Wikipedia with our trans siblings I added articles about Nadia Echazu - one of Argentina's earliest trans rights activists & Sharifa Yazmeen, an Egyptian-American trans playwright.

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Zero to editor in 45 minutes? What a group! One example of text a student added was embedding some recent archaeology into the scarlet macaw article. Archaeology by stealth!

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Yesterday I submitted my PhD corrections 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 & today I delivered my library books back! Massive thanks to all the folks @uoylibrary.bsky.social especially sorting out some incredible inter library loans!!!! Some books have been very inspirational (if sometimes irritating) friends. Bon voyage 💜💜💜

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

10 days, yes only 10!!! to enter the UK Wiki Science competition - please upload your entries ASAP - very few so far of people *doing* #science 🧪🔭🧬🍄🤖🫆🧠🦠👩🏻‍🔬👩🏻‍💻💇🏻‍♀️

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Attending @tag2025york.bsky.social come to a Wiki Clinic & chat all things @wikipedia.org with me & Fran! Got an article you want to fix? Want a better picture on your article? Just want a badge? We'd love to see you!

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Please do share this exciting competition! Here's a range of graphics to use!

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

A bunch of @wikipedia.org editors (inc. me) ensured that for this #TDOR the #didyouknow section in the English version was filled with stories of trans people. Want to hear a trans (mustarjil) folk singer from 1930s? meet Masoud El Amaratly en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3A...

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

I forgot one did not know Zohran was knocking off the Gormenghast font

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Also, who knows what this note to self from 3 hours ago means? 💪🏻

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Lucy @lucymoore.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Prettyyyyy excited to be Highly Commended in this year's awards 💖 especially since the projects of all the winner are actually incredible *swoon*

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