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COIN HOARD
Unique ID: NMS-C23755
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Twenty gold coins ranging in date from a Unite of Charles I to a Half Sovereign of Victoria. These were found together in a fist-sized clump beneath a jar lid.
Catalogue:
Charles I, Unite (Briot's coinage), 1631-2
Charles II, Five Guineas, 1684
William and Mary, Half Guinea, 1694
George II, Five Guineas, 1746
George III, Half Guinea, 1790
George III, Guinea, 1793
George III, Guinea, 1798
George III, Half Guinea, 1801
George III, Third Guinea, 1804
George III, Half Guinea, 1804
George III, Half Guinea, 1806
George III, Sovereign, 1820
George III, Half Sovereign, 1820
George IV, Sovereign, 1821
George IV, Two Pounds, 1823
George IV, Two Pounds, 1823
George IV, Sovereign, 1825
George IV, Half Sovereign, 1825
William IV, Sovereign, 1832
Victoria, Half Sovereign, 1878
Date: After 1878
Although this hoard was concealed less than 300 years ago and would not normally qualify as Treasure because of this, it would have qualified as Treasure Trove under the legislation in place prior to the Treasure Act 1996. This means that it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of that act.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2011T223
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date to: AD 1878
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 20
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 14th March 2011 - Monday 14th March 2011
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 55392
Treasure case number: 2011T223
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Walsoken
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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