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Unique ID: YORYM-4C4FD9
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An incomplete copper alloy twopence of Charles I (AD 1625 - AD 1649) dating to either AD 1642, 1644, 1648 or 1650. Thistle reverse type. Mint uncertain.
Spink (Scotland) p. 86, no. 5602.
Diameter: 18.8 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.9 g
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1642
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 18.8 mm
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Other reference: YMT: E04702
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Twopence
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Type: Scottish: copper coin of Charles I, coinage of 1642, 1644, 1648 or 1650 - twopence) (S 5602 - 5603)
Obverse description: Crowned CR
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: Thistle
Reverse inscription: illegible
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Spink and Son Ltd | 2003 | Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands | London | Spink and Son Ltd | p. 86 | no. 5602 |