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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-0DD7F8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver halfpenny of the Commonwealth (1649-1660), no mintmark and nothing above shields, Spink 3223.
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 1649
Date to: Circa AD 1660
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.2 g
Diameter: 11 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 9th March 2015 - Monday 9th March 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfpenny (copper alloy)
Ruler/issuer: Commonwealth of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfpenny: Commonwealth (N 2730)
Obverse description: St George's cross within shield with border of ring of pellets
Obverse inscription: none
Reverse description: Irish harp within shield with border of ring of pellets
Reverse inscription: none
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
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: Lanivet (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX0366
Four figure Latitude: 50.46066322
Four figure longitude: -4.77691131
1:25K map: SX0366
1:10K map: SX06NW
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 | 299, | no.3223 |
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