Record ID: LANCUM-0C84B8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Extremely worn post-medieval coin, possibly a halfgroat of Elizabeth I dating from AD1558-1603.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 18th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-7FAD59
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval hammered silver coin, probably a late Tudor or early Stuart sixpence. The coin has been perforated and folded twice. It is thought that this modification of coins, often sixpences, was to create love tokens as a keepsake. The practice is believed to have gained popularity in post-Reformation Elizabethan England and continued in to the 19th century. It was at its height in the reign of William III (1694 to 1702 AD) and they are usually found in reasonable numbers on old fair sites.The ritual bending was usually performed when the coin was worn almost smooth. The coin itse…
Created on: Saturday 30th December 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded.