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Unique ID: LANCUM-221025
Object type certainty: Certain
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Late post-medieval silver hammered halfgroat of the Commonwealth dating from c. AD1649-1660. North 2728.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1649
Date to: Circa AD 1660
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.3 mm
Weight: 0.89 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Commonwealth of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Commonwealth (N 2728)
Obverse description: Shield of St George within wreath former of a palm and a laurel branch
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: Conjoined shields of St George and Ireland with mark of value above (II)
Reverse inscription: illegible
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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