Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-DE2683
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete but bent, silver milled fourpence of Charles II (AD 1660 to AD 1685), milled in AD 1679. The coin has been bent into an 'Z' shape, probably for use as a love token.
Diameter: 18.14 mm
Thickness: 0.87 mm
Weight: 1.9 g
Evidence of reuse: bent into a Z shape for use as a love token
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1679
Period of reuse: POST MEDIEVAL
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.87 mm
Weight: 1.9 g
Diameter: 18.14 mm
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Other reference: TG - Paper - Folder 20
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Fourpence
Ruler/issuer: Charles II of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Modern
Type: Fourpence: Charles II (S 3383 - 3384)
Obverse description: Laureate bust facing right
Obverse inscription: CAROLVS II DEI GRATIA
Reverse description: Crowned four interlinked C's. Quartered emblems.
Reverse inscription: 79.MAG.BR.FRA.ET.HIB.REX.16
Initial mark: none
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SJ9113
Four figure Latitude: 52.714582
Four figure longitude: -2.134664
1:25K map: SJ9113
1:10K map: SJ91SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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