COIN
Unique ID: SWYOR-FB3863
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Milled Post-Medieval counterfeit silvered copper alloy coin; a contemporary copy of a silver Spanish 'dollar' or eight reales of Charles III or IV of Spain, counterstruck with the bust of George III (1760-1820). Due to a shortage in coinage during the late 1790s, a number of coins from South America and Spain were counterstruck with the portrait of George III from 1797 until about 1820. According to Lasser et al. (1997, page 38) in The Coins of Colonial America, the octagonal counterstamp was introduced in 1804. According to Walden, Timothy (2002), The Spanish Treasure Fleets, Pineapple Press Inc., p. 195, cited in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Boulton, these coins were extensively forged. This led to Boulton developing a process of obliterating the old coin design when re-issuing further counterstamped coins.
This coin has been silvered and is a contemporary forgery. See Spink (2003), page 381, number 3766.
Reference: Lasser et al:
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1804
Date to: Circa AD 1820
Dimensions and weight
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 17.85 g
Diameter: 39.3 mm
Quantity: 1
Personal details
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Recorded by: Ms Mary
Blevins
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Identified by: Ms Mary
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Secondary identifier:
Ms Amy Downes - [
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 543
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Milled [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Surface Treatment: Silvered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Dollar [
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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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Type: Dollar (countermarked): George III (S 3765 - 3766) [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Obverse description: Right facing laureate bust, octagonal counterstamp of the bust of George III
Obverse inscription: CAROLUS III(I) DEI GRATIA / [17](99)
Reverse description: Crowned rectangular shield with a pillar on each side
Reverse inscription: HISPA[...]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
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Degree of wear: Very worn: fair [
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: South Yorkshire
District: Sheffield
References cited
- Spink, 2001. Coins of England and the United Kingdom London : Spink, pp381, number 3766
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Created:
Friday 25th November 2011
Updated: Friday 25th November 2011
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