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COIN
Unique ID: NARC-027661
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A very worn post-medieval silver coin. Probably a Georgian sixpence. The diagnostic detail of the coin is deliberately worn blank, presumably to turn the object into a love token, a common practice on the 18th and 19th centuries.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1727
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.37 g
Diameter: 25 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: East Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Brigstock (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9284
Four figure Latitude: 52.44622763
Four figure longitude: -0.64781433
1:25K map: SP9284
1:10K map: SP98SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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