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COIN
Unique ID: HESH-DA6C57
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A heavily worn, partially polished and broken post medieval coin - most probably of later Tudor or Stuart date (1550-1625) Not enough remains to define it further
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1625
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.3 mm
Weight: 0.4 g
Diameter: 16.4 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Shropshire Museum Service; Object Entry Form: E. 01514
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Reverse description: Square topped quartered shield similar to those seen on the coinage of Elizabeth I
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Oswestry
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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