Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service
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Unique ID: SWYOR-977113
Object type certainty: Certain
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A post-Medieval silver coin which has been reused as a love token. It is a polished and bent sixpence of Queen Anne (AD 1702 - 1714), dating from AD 1707- 1708, minted at Edinburgh. The reverse is polished smooth, and the coin has been bent into an S shaped profile. It is 20.4mm in diameter and 0.5mm thick. It weighs 2.26g. See Spink's Standard Catalogue (2011, 384) number 3621.
Evidence of reuse: Bent into a love token
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1707
Date to: Circa AD 1708
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 2.26 g
Diameter: 20.4 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 11th February 2019 - Tuesday 12th February 2019
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Other reference: PAS form number 3400
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Anne of Great Britain
Category: Modern
Type: Sixpence: Anne (S 3590 - 3594, 3619 - 3624)
Obverse description: Bust left with E below
Obverse inscription: ANN [...]
Reverse description: illegible
Reverse inscription: illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SE6105
Four figure Latitude: 53.53811496
Four figure longitude: -1.08105114
1:25K map: SE6105
1:10K map: SE60NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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