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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-EAC76F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Scottish twenty pence of Charles I of type IV or V, bust within inner circle, AD 1637-42.
Spink number. 5590 or 5591.
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 1637
Date to: Circa AD 1642
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 15.96 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st November 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Type: Scottish: Twentypence of Charles I, Third coinage (S 5581 - 5591A)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left XX behind bust.
Obverse inscription: CAR D G SCOT ANG FR HIB R[EX]
Reverse description: Crowned thistle.
Reverse inscription: THRONV..AMA
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wirral (Metropolitan District)
District: Wirral (Metropolitan District)
To be known as: Thurstaton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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