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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-FAE940
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval silver Commonwealth penny, 1649-60.
North (1991) Volume 2, p 206 no 2729
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 1649
Date to: Circa AD 1660
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.42 g
Diameter: 13 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Commonwealth of England
Mint or issue place: London (Tower under Parliament)
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: Shield of St George
Reverse description: Conjoined shields of St. George and Ireland, I above
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Freeby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8021
Four figure Latitude: 52.78066401
Four figure longitude: -0.8153885
1:25K map: SK8021
1:10K map: SK82SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 206 | 2729 |
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