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Unique ID: YORYM-C49181
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver Scottish twenty pence of Charles I dating to the period AD 1637 - 1642. Third issue. Crowned thistle reverse.
Spink, p.84, no.5581.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1637
Date to: Circa AD 1642
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 15.9 mm
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Other reference: YMT : E05518
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Twenty pence
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Type: Scottish: Twenty pence (milled pattern) of Charles I, Second coinage (S 5551)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left with mark of Value XX behind
Obverse inscription: CAR DG SCOT ANG FR ET HIB REX
Reverse description: Crowned thistle
Reverse inscription: IVSTITIA THRONVM FIRMAT
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SE7053
Four figure Latitude: 53.96834601
Four figure longitude: -0.93441593
1:25K map: SE7053
1:10K map: SE75SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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