Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
COIN
Unique ID: OXON-EE3B92
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A counterfeit lead alloy shilling of George III (AD 1760-1820). The artefact is missing chips to the left of the bust and a substantial part of its right side. NARC-60DCF1 suggests that most counterfeit coins attributed to George III’s reign are dated 1760. It is also possible this was intended as a gaming piece similar to DUR-87EBCD on the database. The object would be heavier than a shilling and appears quite coarse however it lacks the plain reverse to similar to gaming pieces, hence the suggestion of counterfiet coin.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1760
Date to: Circa AD 1820
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 6.3 g
Diameter: 27 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 18th June 2020 - Friday 18th September 2020
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Shilling
Ruler/issuer: George III of the United Kingdom
Category: Modern
Type: Shilling: George III (S 3742 - 3747)
Obverse description: Laureate bust facing right
Obverse inscription: GEORGIVS III [...]
Reverse description: Crowned cruciform shields with garter at centre,
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Boarstall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6214
Four figure Latitude: 51.82119352
Four figure longitude: -1.10187653
1:25K map: SP6214
1:10K map: SP61SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: NLM-0B2D8A
Object type: GAMING CHIP
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Copper alloy gaming chip. Milled gaming token based on design of an 1817 shilling of George III (1760-1820), or possibly, given it is made of…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: SUSS-5EEFE3
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Post Medieval silver coin: shilling of George III (AD 1760-1820), dated to 1787, Spink number 3743. The shilling has been gilded, probably in …
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: DEV-E92C52
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A milled copper-alloy halfpenny of George III, dating to the period 1760-1820.
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618