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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-3888B2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver sixpence of Charles II - James II, 1660 - 1688, which has been deliberately worn smooth and bent, perhaps for use as a love token.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1688
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.58 g
Diameter: 20.36 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 13-1130
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Charles II of England
Category: Modern
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Uttlesford (District)
Parish or ward: Thaxted (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL6230
Four figure Latitude: 51.94491255
Four figure longitude: 0.35556639
1:25K map: TL6230
1:10K map: TL63SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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