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COIN

Unique ID: WMID-AA30AA

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Evidence of reuse: Heavily polished and bent into an 'S' shape to act as a love token.

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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1553
Period of reuse: POST MEDIEVAL

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Diameter: 20.4 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Edward VI of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Edward VI, Fine silver, 1550-1553 (N 1938, 1939)
Obverse description: unclear
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: probable square shield
Reverse inscription: illegible
Initial mark: illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor