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COIN
Unique ID: SWYOR-B8F186
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Post Medieval coin; a half groat of Charles I (1625 - 1649), Group D. See North number 2256 or 2257. The coin is pierced from the obverse at 4o'clock on the obverse. This allows the reverse to hang the correct way up if suspended from the hole, and the hole avoids the monarch's head on the obverse, but there is no other evidence of the coin having been converted into an object.
Notes:
This coin does not meet the requirements of the 1996 Treasure Act because, although the piercing respects the orientation of the reverse, pierced coins of this date are known in hoards suggesting that they remained in circulation and in use as a coin despite being pierced. Therefore, the piercing alone is not enough evidence to support such coins being considered as Treasure.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1625
Date to: Circa AD 1649
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.97 mm
Weight: 0.87 g
Diameter: 15.01 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 22nd November 2012 - Thursday 21st November 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2272
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Mint or issue place: London (Tower under Charles I)
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Charles I, Group D (N 2254 - 2258)
Obverse description: crowned bust left with mark of value "II" behind
Obverse inscription: CAROLVS D G [...] ET HIB [REX]
Reverse description: oval garnished shield
Reverse inscription: IVSTITIA (THR)[ONVM FIRMAT]
Die axis measurement: 8 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bewholme (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA1653
Four figure Latitude: 53.96008559
Four figure longitude: -0.23349154
1:25K map: TA1653
1:10K map: TA15SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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