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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-3C3FB1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval silver 20 pence of Charles I, Scottish coinage, 1637-42.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: LE4
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1637
Date to: Circa AD 1642
Period of reuse: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 15.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Twenty pence
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Type: Scottish: Twenty pence of Charles I, Second coinage (S 5550)
Obverse description: crown bust of Charles I left with Value XX behind head, .
Obverse inscription: CAROLVSDGSCOTANGFRETHIBREX
Reverse description: crowned thistle in inner circle
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
To be known as: Charnwood
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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