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COIN
Unique ID: YORYM-788421
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver sixpence of William III, uncertain reverse, uncertain mint, 1694-1702. This coin has been bent to form love token.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1694
Date to: Circa AD 1702
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.6 g
Diameter: 24.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 4th December 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: William III of England
Category: Modern
Type: Sixpence: William III (S 3520 - 3548)
Obverse description: Laureate bust left
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Illegible
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Naburn
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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