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COIN
Unique ID: IOW-697D11
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Silver possible florin of Victoria (AD 1837-1901), no mintmark.
Obverse: Crowned and veiled profile facing left, bracketed by date. Inscription: VICTORIA DEI GRATIA
Reverse: Four shield in cruciform, with sceptres in angles. Inscription: BRITT. REG: FID: DEF:
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1897
Date to: Circa AD 1897
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.52 g
Diameter: 13 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Coin references
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Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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