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COIN
Unique ID: YORYM-3FE306
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver coin of post-medieval date. The coin is extremely worn and has been bent into a slight S shape. It may therefore have been intended as a love token.
Coins of William III were commonly converted into love tokens and this example is the right size and weight for a sixpence of William III though no detail remains to confirm this attribution.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1694
Date to: Circa AD 1702
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.9 g
Diameter: 20.7 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: William III of England
Category: Modern
Type: Sixpence: William III (S 3520 - 3548)
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Illegible
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
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: Swine (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA1435
Four figure Latitude: 53.79882277
Four figure longitude: -0.2706452
1:25K map: TA1435
1:10K map: TA13NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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