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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-C4BD25
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early modern 1/6 Kurant or Reichsthaler of Prussia minted under Friedrich II dating from 1766. German states. Prussia.
Obv: FRIDERICUS BORUSSORUM REX, bust right
Rev: 6 EINEN REICHS THALER 1766 B.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1766
Date to: Exactly AD 1766
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 3.92 g
Diameter: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: White metal
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Obverse description: laureate bust right
Obverse inscription: FRIDERICUS BORUSSORUM REX
Reverse description: *6* EINEN REICHSTHALER 1766 *B*
Reverse inscription: 6 EINEN REICHSTHALER 1766
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: South Lakeland (District)
To be known as: Sedbergh
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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