Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-FE0042
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Silver 200 reis of Mary I and Peter III of Portugal (1777-1786) dated to 178? on the obverse, so c.1780-1786. Cf. Reinfeld & Hobson, p.318, no.10.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1780
Date to: Circa AD 1786
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 0.56 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014 - Friday 31st January 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Obverse description: crowned shield with coat of arms of Portugal with date to right of shield and rosette at end of date
Obverse inscription: illegible and missing
Reverse description: voided cross pattee with rosette in each angle
Reverse inscription: illegible and missing
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SW6619
Four figure Latitude: 50.02507108
Four figure longitude: -5.26835082
1:25K map: SW6619
1:10K map: SW69NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Reinfeld, F. and Hobson, B. | 1956 | Catalogue of the World's Most Popular Coins | New York | Doubleday & Company | 318, | no.10 |