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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-9F6C7D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button. Plain discoid lightly concavo-convex button retaining a drawn wire loop on the back. The back retains gilding traces. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900
Diameter: 16.8mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 0.8mm, Weight: 1.86gms
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 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 1.86 g
Diameter: 16.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 27th March 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM42791
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Amcotts
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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