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TOY
Unique ID: SUR-97E596
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A mid-20th century toy, or perhaps a brooch, formed possibly from a contemporary penny and modelled into the form of an aeroplane. The coin has been folded double and slots have been removed to form the wings and tailplane, before being folded out. The surfaces of the coin are covered in file marks. No pin is present. See also SUR-858A9A.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1939
Date to: Circa AD 1945
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.03 mm
Width: 30.43 mm
Thickness: 6.3 mm
Weight: 6.16 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B13-500
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Windsor and Maidenhead (Unitary Authority)
District: Windsor and Maidenhead (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Shottesbrooke (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU8477
Four figure Latitude: 51.48572323
Four figure longitude: -0.79163251
1:25K map: SU8477
1:10K map: SU87NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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