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COIN
Unique ID: YORYM-AD20D1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A large silver object, probably a coin, of Post-Medieval date. The object has been worn virtually smooth on both surfaces leaving no diagnostic details. The object is however roughly the right size and shape to have been a half crown of Charles I.
The worn condition of the object suggests it may have been used as a touch piece, an amuletic object believed to cure disease and bring good luck.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 12 g
Diameter: 35.7 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfcrown
Category: Modern
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Illegible
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bridlington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA1769
Four figure Latitude: 54.10359247
Four figure longitude: -0.21210174
1:25K map: TA1769
1:10K map: TA16NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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