2024-03-28T23:16:54+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/489838/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/489838/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/489838/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/489838/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/489838/format/pdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/489838/format/rdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/489838489838NLM-3A1671PAS4F43A167001221COIN0.4915.91NLM19609a12012T103POST MEDIEVAL15611582I have examined a coin reported found at Middle Rasen, Lincolnshire. It is a silver penny of King Charles I. It will therefore be of good silver, over 90% fine metal. The initial mark on the coin, which dates it, is not legible, but it was issued within the years c. 1632-4.
Single coins are not normally eligible for consideration as Treasure under the terms of the Treasure Act, but coins removed from currency by conversion into jewellery or other decorative function are so eligible. This coin has been pierced, fairly crudely, but in such a way that the king's head is upright, which suggests it had been turned into a small pendant, perhaps to indicate royalist sympathy during the English Civil War of the Commonwealth period that followed. However, while the conversion into a pendant is probable, it is also possible that the coin - relatively low in value, so the piercing might not have impacted on its potential monetary function so much - might have returned to currency use at a later stage.
It is my opinion, therefore, that, on balance, the evidence does not support a clear case of Treasure, according to the terms of the Act.
Dr Barrie J. Cook
Curator of Medieval and Early Modern Coinage
Department of Coins and Medals
British Museum
14 June 20122012-02-21 13:51:352021-01-14 13:49:12312011-12-0816Certain113636PAS4F43A16700122122242NLMSilver11728Struck or hammeredCompletePoorPOST MEDIEVALPMx41047p0gjgrs6sgxPOST MEDIEVALPMx41047p0gjgrs6sgxMetal detectorCircaCirca472110594255044352741423TF0888TF0888TF08NE53.377824-0.377953263488426100273188Worn smooth; trace of circumferential legendShield of Arms with long cross;[--]M[--]L?V79517236812212221405Three halfpenceElizabeth I of EnglandElizabeth_I_of_EnglandThe Tower of London 628678626346668110067126346668Tower_of_Londonlocal.term.panelsx34500Extremely worn: poorextremely_wornEnglish coin early Modern 1489 - 1660Threehalfpence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 2000)Regular1127559NLM19609a.jpg2197907Post-Medieval coin: penny of Charles I, piercedNorth Lincolnshire Museum4images/mforeman/East MidlandsCultivated landEuropean RegionCountyLincolnshireDistrictWest LindseyCivil Parish53.3896-0.364786Middle RasenReturned to finder after being declared not Treasure608995423