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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-6582D5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A contemporary forgery of a Post Medieval shilling. The forgery is very worn and completly featureless. It consists of a base silver wash over a copper core. It is possibly a forgery of a Commenwealth or Charles II shilling.
Diameter 25.1mm, thickness 0.7mm, weight 2.4g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 2.4 g
Diameter: 25.1 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Base Silver
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Forest of Dean (District)
To be known as: Kempley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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