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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-CB65B6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Crude cast copper alloy imitation of a George II halfpenny, a high lead content indicated by the heavy feel in hand, has been damaged, probably by agricultural machinery, poorly cast with a tapering, uneven flan, weight 14.41g (heavily overweight), probably c.1770-1800
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 1770
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 8th October 2019 - Tuesday 8th October 2019
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 28012
Other reference: INDCR11122019AW
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: George II of Great Britain
Category: Modern
Type: Halfpenny: George II (S 3717 - 3719)
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Ashill (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF8905
Four figure Latitude: 52.60988656
Four figure longitude: 0.78993617
1:25K map: TF8905
1:10K map: TF80NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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