Rights Holder: Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service
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Unique ID: ESS-CE0A28
Object type certainty: Certain
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A fragment of a Post Medieval silver halfcrown of the Commonwealth period (1649-1660), probable sun initial mark, dated '1653' on the coin, North: 2722. Less than 60% of the coin survives.
Notes:
Coin identified from notes and photograph, no further details available.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1653
Date to: Exactly AD 1653
Quantity: 1
Weight: 13.07 g
Diameter: 34.93 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 10th April 2012
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Other reference: Colchester OEF 6952
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Denomination: Half crown
Ruler/issuer: Commonwealth of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Silver halfcrown: Commonwealth (N 2722, 2723)
Obverse description: The surviving fragment of the obverse shows part of a wreath formed of a palm and laurel branch, which would originally have had a shield of St George above.
Obverse inscription: [THE COMMON]WEALTH OF ENG[LAND]
Reverse description: The surviving reverse shows the tops of the conjoined shields of St George and Ireland with mark of value II VI.
Reverse inscription: [GOD WITH] US 1653
Initial mark: Sun
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
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