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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-271A12
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post-Medieval silver twenty pence piece of Charles I. Mint unknown. Die Axis 1 O'Clock.
Obverse: "CAR·D G·SCOT·ANG·FR·ET·HIB·R· // XX". Bust of Charles I in center
Reverse: "IVSTITIA·THRONVM·FIRMAT". Crowned thistle in center.
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 1625
Date to: Circa AD 1649
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.66 mm
Weight: 0.85 g
Diameter: 15.67 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Twenty pence
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Scottish: Twentypence of Charles I, Third coinage (S 5581 - 5591A)
Obverse description: Crowned bust of Charles I
Obverse inscription: CAR D G SCOT ANG FR ET HIB R
Reverse description: Crowned thistle
Reverse inscription: IVSTITIA THRONVM FIRMAT
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: Lincoln (District)
Parish or ward: Minster (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK9973
Four figure Latitude: 53.24479951
Four figure longitude: -0.51786904
1:25K map: SK9973
1:10K map: SK97SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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