Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WAW-6740E6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: penny of James I (1603-1625) minted in London between 1603 and 1625 AD.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1603
Date to: Exactly AD 1625
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.4 g
Diameter: 14.49 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 25th October 2011
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: James I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: James I, not further defined (N 2077, 2106/1, 2106/2, 2128)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing right with I behind. Inner circle.
Obverse inscription: Illegible.
Reverse description: Plain shield. No inner circle.
Reverse inscription: No legend.
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP2940
Four figure Latitude: 52.057628
Four figure longitude: -1.578452
1:25K map: SP2940
1:10K map: SP24SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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