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COIN WEIGHT
Unique ID: WREX-2F6729
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper-alloy bifacial coin weight, for the Portuguese 'joe' gold coins, issued between 1760 and 1773 AD. The value of 18 shillings indicated was equivalent to the 'half joe'/2 escudos coin (Withers & Withers 2011, 66).
Both faces are marked with a small letter S above a larger 18 above a small 4.1/4, all within a border made of small pellets. The coin weight has a rough surface and is dark brown in colour.
Diameter: 21.9mm; thickness: 2.7mm; weight: 6.3g
Notes:
Portuguese gold coins were widely used in England in from c1700-1770 AD and many British maker's made sets of weights to weigh the moidore and 'joe' series of gold coins.
Reference: Withers, P. and Withers, B.R., 2011 Lions, Ships and Angels: The Galata Guide to Coin-weights found in Britain.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1760
Date to: Circa AD 1773
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 6.3 g
Diameter: 21.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 24th June 2019 - Tuesday 24th September 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NWales PAS 190924
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: St. Martin's
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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