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Unique ID: LON-2A4CD7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Notes:
Helen Wany suggests that this coin was unlikely to be in contemporary circulation and possibly was found on the Thames foreshore as a stray find or the result of someone throwing a keepsake in the river.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MODERN
Date from: AD 1644
Date to: AD 1722
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.67 g
Diameter: 27.34 mm
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Uncertain
Category: Non English coin
Obverse description: Inscription
Obverse inscription: reads Kangxi tongbao in Chinese (literally 'Kangxi circulating treasure' ie coin of Kangxi)
Reverse description: Inscription
Reverse inscription: The back (symbol on the left is in Manchurian; the other one is in Chinese) is bilingual and names the mint of Hebei.
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TQ2877
Four figure Latitude: 51.477486
Four figure longitude: -0.158241
1:25K map: TQ2877
1:10K map: TQ27NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
No references cited so far.