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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-E87A2B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper-alloy coin, probably a 19th century Indian coin of the Princely states but of unclear type. One face has the remains of a pelleted border with unclear motif at the centre of the flan. The other face has an unclear linear motif. It has an irregular flan with slightly tapering edges.
Notes:
With thanks to Vesta Curtis (British Museum) for her help in identifying this coin.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 13 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Obverse description: Pelleted border containing unclear motif?
Reverse description: Unclear linear motif?
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Charnwood (District)
Parish or ward: Burton on the Wolds (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6421
Four figure Latitude: 52.78279442
Four figure longitude: -1.0525591
1:25K map: SK6421
1:10K map: SK62SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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