COIN
Unique ID: DOR-4C9C61
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
Third guinea of George III. Dated 1800. The coin has been slightly bent to give a shallow S profile as silver "love token" coins often are.
Class: Third guinea
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Weight: 2.3 g
Diameter: 16.92 mm
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 16th August 2005
Personal details
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Recorded by: Ms Ciorstaidh
Hayward Trevarthen
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Identified by: Ms Ciorstaidh
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Ms Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen - [
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Entry 020090
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Other [
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Ruler/issuer: George III of the United Kingdom [
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Category: English coins Modern 1660 - 1820 [
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Obverse description: First head, laureate, right
Obverse inscription: GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA
Reverse description: Arched crown
Reverse inscription: MAG BRI FR ET HIB REX 1800
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
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Degree of wear: Very worn: fair [
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West
County: Dorset
District: North Dorset
Parish: Charlton Marshall
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST8904
Four figure Latitude: 50.835424 Four figure longitude: -2.157575
1:25K map: ST8904
1:10K map: ST80SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined[scope notes]
Adjacent Domesday Book places
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References cited
- Seaby/Spink, 1999. Standard Catalogue of British Coins - Coins of England and the United Kingdom London : Spink, pp347
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Created:
Tuesday 15th April 2008
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
