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Unique ID: BUC-80A433
Object type certainty: Certain
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A half guinea coin weight c1700 with a laureate bust facing right and an indestinct inscription on the obverse side and a double arched crown and '1/2 GVINEA'. This weight has the portrait and all insignia common on William coin weights but does not have the letter W that should be underneath the writing on the reverse.
Class: Coin
Current location of find: Retained by finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Quantity: 1
Width: 16.45 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 3.9 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd September 2006
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Biggs, N. | 1992 | English Weights: An Illustrated Survey | Powys | White House Publications | 33 |