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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-5D60A7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A twenty pence Scottish coin of Charles I probably of AD 1636-1641. This coin may be intentionally pierced.
Obverse:- Crowned bust of charles I facing left, XX behind head, legend around
Reverse:- A crowned thistle, legend around.
Measurements are for reassembled coin.
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 1636
Date to: Circa AD 1641
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Length: 15.8 mm
Width: 15.4 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 10th May 2019 - Friday 14th June 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Twenty pence
Ruler/issuer: Charles I of England
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Prees
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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