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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-98ADA3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Clipping of a silver shilling of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), North First Issue (1558-1561), Spink Second Issue (1560-1561), mintmark cross-crosslet (on reverse), c.1560-1561, North 1985, Spink 2555
Evidence of reuse: silver clipping to be re-used for coinage
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1560
Date to: Circa AD 1561
Period of reuse: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 0.51 g
Diameter: 26 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 16th December 2009 - Friday 18th December 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Shilling
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Shilling: Elizabeth I, 1558-1561 (N 1985)
Obverse description: only legend survives
Obverse inscription: [...]G'ANG'F[...]
Reverse description: only legend survives
Reverse inscription: +[...]MEV'
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Sennen (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW3626
Four figure Latitude: 50.075356
Four figure longitude: -5.691154
1:25K map: SW3626
1:10K map: SW36SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitchen, G.M., Sinclair, M. and Skingley, P. | 2004 | Coins of England and The United Kingdom | Spink and Sons Ltd | 241, | No.2555 | ||
| North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 106, | No.1985 |
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