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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-889080
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and bent post-medieval silver coin, worn smooth and then counter-stamped. Its reuse could be either as a love token or weight. It may be a coin of William IV as one of the counterstamps is a 'W'. Circa 17th to 18th Century AD.
Evidence of reuse: Counter-stamped
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1799
Period of reuse: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.29 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 22nd September 2012
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Letcombe Bassett 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Tkt 608
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Uncertain
Category: Modern
Obverse description: Has two areas of re-stamping. One section has five pellets, two square the remainder round. On its own is the capital letter W.
Obverse inscription: none
Reverse description: Illegible
Reverse inscription: none
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Letcombe Bassett (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3686
Four figure Latitude: 51.571726
Four figure longitude: -1.481956
1:25K map: SU3686
1:10K map: SU38NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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