Record ID: SOM-6CBE5A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval contemporary copy of a dollar (current for five shillings) of George III (1760-1820). The silver coating has worn away in places revealing the copper-alloy base metal. A hole has been pierced through from nine o'clock on the reverse between the lettering [BANK OF] to three o'clock on the obverse through the letter 'S' of GRATIS.
Created on: Tuesday 10th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 10th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-D09A77
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete milled probable contemporary copy of a silver Spanish 'dollar' or eight reales of Charles IV of Spain (AD 1788 to AD 1808). Diameter: 39.3 mm Thickness: 3.7 mm Weight: 31.0 g Due to a shortage in coinage during the late 1790s, a number of coins from South America and Spain were counterstruck with the portrait of George III from 1797 until about 1820. However this example does not bear the countermark and is made from copper alloy as opposed to silver, suggesting that it may be a contemopary copy. According to Walden, Timothy (2002), The Spanish Treasure Fleets, …
Created on: Monday 20th January 2014
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-FB3863
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Milled Post-Medieval counterfeit silvered copper alloy coin; a contemporary copy of a silver Spanish 'dollar' or eight reales of Charles III or IV of Spain, counterstruck with the bust of George III (1760-1820). Due to a shortage in coinage during the late 1790s, a number of coins from South America and Spain were counterstruck with the portrait of George III from 1797 until about 1820. According to Lasser et al. (1997, page 38) in The Coins of Colonial America, the octagonal counterstamp was introduced in 1804. According to Walden, Timothy (2002), The Spanish Treasure Fleets, Pinea…
Created on: Friday 25th November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 28th May 2020
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