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COIN
Unique ID: HESH-99F9B1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A contemporary copy / forgery of a Charles II silver half crown. The silvering has rubbed and decayed revealing a brass coin. Date and coin are worn so sub-type is difficult to achieve. The centre of the coin is dished (concave / convex)
Seaby Spink 3365-3367
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1667
Date to: Circa AD 1684
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 8 g
Diameter: 32.34 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Half crown
Ruler/issuer: Charles II of England
Category: Modern
Type: Halfcrown: Charles II (N 2759 - 2761)
Obverse description: Laureate crowned head facing right
Obverse inscription: CAROLVS II _ [DEI GRATIA]
Reverse description: Four crowned shields of arranged in a cross, two C's combined in each quarter
Reverse inscription: [MAG BR F]RA ET HIB REX 16[..]
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Bitterley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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