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COIN
Unique ID: WMID-116FB1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An extremely worn post-medieval coin, probably a threepence of Elizabeth I. The coin is illegible on obverse and reverse. It is bent in two places and may possibly have been used as a 'love token'.
Evidence of reuse: Possibly deliberately bent for use as a 'love token'
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.94 mm
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 19.42 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st April 2011 - Saturday 30th April 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Threepence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Threepence: Elizabeth I, not further defined (N 1998, 2033 - 2036)
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Illegible
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Initial mark: Illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Lichfield (District)
Parish or ward: Edingale (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK2211
Four figure Latitude: 52.696237
Four figure longitude: -1.675908
1:25K map: SK2211
1:10K map: SK21SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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