Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-E658A8
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete pierced halfgroat of the Commonwealth period (AD 1649 to AD 1660), dating to the period AD 1649 to AD 1660. Minted at the Tower. North vol 2, p206, no 2728. Coin has been pierced through the centre from reverse to obverse, this may have been due to suspicions at the time that it was a contemporary copy. Piercing has an internal diameter of 1.8 mm.
Diameter: 16.1 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Evidence of reuse: pierced through the centre from the reverse
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1649
Date to: Circa AD 1660
Period of reuse: POST MEDIEVAL
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 16.1 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 30th November 2014 - Sunday 30th November 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Commonwealth of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Commonwealth (N 2728)
Obverse description: Shield of st george
Obverse inscription: -
Reverse description: conjoined shields within wreath. II above
Reverse inscription: -
Initial mark: -
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SK1802
Four figure Latitude: 52.61547749
Four figure longitude: -1.73558248
1:25K map: SK1802
1:10K map: SK10SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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