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COIN
Unique ID: NLM-24EEB3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy coin, perhaps a privately minted halfpenny.
Obverse description: Uniformed bust left, probably not a monarch; possibly an admiral.
Obverse inscription: [--]LOND[---]T[---]TO
Reverse description: Possibly warships under rigged sails
Reverse inscription: BRITISH NAVAL HALFPENNY dated 1812
Diameter: 28.5mm, Weight: 8.54gms, die axis: 6
Inscription:
obv:[--]LOND[---]T[---]TO rev: BRITISH NAVAL HALFPENNY 1812
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Exactly AD 1812
Date to: Exactly AD 1812
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 8.54 g
Diameter: 28.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 28th December 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM19542a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: George III of the United Kingdom
Category: Modern
Obverse description: Uniformed bust left, probably not a monarch; possibly an admiral
Obverse inscription: [--]LOND[---]T[---]TO
Reverse description: Possibly warships under rigged sails
Reverse inscription: BRITISH NAVAL HALFPENNY 1812
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Kirton in Lindsey (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK9498
Four figure Latitude: 53.470355
Four figure longitude: -0.585353
1:25K map: SK9498
1:10K map: SK99NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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