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COIN
Unique ID: NMGW-5E4055
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval silver coin
Elizabeth I (1558-1603) sixpence, London
Privy mark: Crescent and dated 1589
2.84g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1589
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.84 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2013.134.20
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, 1582-1602 (N 2015)
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