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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-160767
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy forgery of a base silver shilling of Edward VI, profile issue, 4.00g, appearance of slight clipping, c.1547-60
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 1547
Date to: Circa AD 1560
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 14th January 2020 - Monday 10th February 2020
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 1021
Other reference: KLMD022020
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Shilling
Ruler/issuer: Edward VI of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Shilling: Edward VI, 1547-1549 (N 1896)
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Oxborough (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7403
Four figure Latitude: 52.59693296
Four figure longitude: 0.56760028
1:25K map: TF7403
1:10K map: TF70SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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