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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-339EB9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver coin of unknown ruler, probably Post-Medieval in date. The coin has been rubbed worn on each face. One face is stamped with N star M and another M stamped below at an angle. Below the stamped N is an engraved letter D facing downwards from the base of the N.
The opposite face is engraved with the letters WS.
The deliberate smoothing of the coin and stamps indicate it may have been reused as a love token. Coins of William III were commonly converted into love tokens and this example is roughly the right size and weight for a shilling of William III though no detail remains to confirm this attribution.
Dimensions: 23.90mm in diameter, 2.7g
Evidence of reuse: The deliberate smoothing of the coin and stamps indicate it may have been reused as a love token.
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 1694
Date to: Circa AD 1702
Period of reuse: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.7 g
Diameter: 23.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st June 2015 - Wednesday 1st July 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: West Lancashire (District)
To be known as: Aughton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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