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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-5873B8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A blank silver disc, likely originally a silver Sixpence of Charles II to William III (AD 1660-1702). The coin has been intentionally worn smooth and bent twice at some point in the 18th century.
Notes:
Twice bent coins are known to have been carried as a protection against the 'evil eye' or witchcraft (hence the crooked sixpence of the nursery rhyme). Other lucky pocket pieces might be bent to distinguish them from normal coins and prevent inadvertent spending. Sometimes a coin was bent back and forth until it broke and the two halves carried as love tokens.
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 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.3 mm
Weight: 1.68 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st December 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Mole Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Dorking South (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ1548
Four figure Latitude: 51.21962497
Four figure longitude: -0.35470928
1:25K map: TQ1548
1:10K map: TQ14NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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