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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-016913
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver button. Flat discoid button with a loop of similar material soldered to the back. The display face bears the incised letter R; the back has the stamped maker's mark EC towards one edge. Lightly crumpled. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1750-1850.
Diameter: 18.9mm, Thickness: 0.7mm, Weight: 1.01gms.
Inscription:
R EC
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 1.01 g
Diameter: 18.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 17th August 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM22097a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Bigby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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