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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-893F55
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver farthing, probably of Henry VI, Leaf-Pellet issue, London, 1445-1454. North no. 1513 (1991, p. 80).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1445
Date to: Circa AD 1454
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.32 g
Diameter: 18.45 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Farthing
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Farthing: Henry VI, First reign, Pellet-Leaf issue (North: Leaf-Pellet issue (N 1513))
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing, pellet to right (and probably to left)
Obverse inscription: h[ ]I
Reverse description: Long cross, three pellets in angles
Reverse inscription: [ ]ON[ ]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Holland (District)
Parish or ward: Pinchbeck (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF2628
Four figure Latitude: 52.83479267
Four figure longitude: -0.13103583
1:25K map: TF2628
1:10K map: TF22NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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