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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-4BC07F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver sixpence of Charles I (1625-1649), Tower Mint under the King (1625-1642), mintmark triangle (1639-1640), Group F, Spink 2817. There is a large sub-square perforation within one edge of the coin, which has torn that edge, and from the size and shape of the hole and the force suggested by the raised edge on the obverse, at about 9 o'clock, it was most likely caused by having a nail driven through it. It may have been nail-bored as a consequence of measures taken during the Great Recoinage of 1696 which cites the rules that hammered monies had to be hammered through the middle with a solid punch.
Evidence of reuse: nail-bored as consequence of re-coinage
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1639
Date to: Circa AD 1640
Period of reuse: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 2.42 g
Diameter: 24 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 19th March 2015 - Thursday 19th March 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Mint or issue place: London (Tower under Charles I)
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Charles I, Group F (N 2246)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing left with VI behind head
Obverse inscription: Δ[CAROL..] DG MAG BR [FRA ET HIB] REX
Reverse description: Square shield over long cross moline
Reverse inscription: [CHRISTO] AVSPICE [REGNO]
Initial mark: triangle
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Lanlivery (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX1057
Four figure Latitude: 50.38212395
Four figure longitude: -4.67384461
1:25K map: SX1057
1:10K map: SX17NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spink and Son Ltd | 2008 | Coins of England & The United Kingdom, 43rd Edition | London | Spink | 266, | no.2817 |
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