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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-7051BC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a silver plated copper alloy contemporary copy of a post-medieval crown, halfcrown or shilling of the Commonwealth (AD 1649-1660).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1649
Date to: Exactly AD 1660
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.4 mm
Width: 16.8 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 5.28 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SEoV: 5
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Uncertain
Ruler/issuer: Commonwealth of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Silver: Commonwealth, not further defined (N 2721 - 2730)
Obverse description: Indiscernible.
Obverse inscription: [...] ENGLA[ND]
Reverse description: Indiscernible.
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Sleaford area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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