Record ID: CORN-D6A1A1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy 4 maravedis resellado, which means resealed or restruck, of Philip IV (1621-1665), of Spain, countermarked with crowned IIII and another IIII on the reverse while the obverse has the date of 1659 and the number VI . So the coin, which was probably orginally an 8 maravedis of Philip III of Spain, was revalued first to 6 maravedis in 1659, as it wore down, and then to 4 maravedis, during the reign of Philip IV. Cf. Cayon, p.625, nos.5216-5225.
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th November 2018
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Record ID: CORN-F1EEDC
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy ingot which would have originally been circular in plan and plano-convex in profile. This fragment is square in plan, triangular in profile, and rectangular in section, as it comes from one edge of the original ingot. Plano-convex ingots like this one were used during the Late Bronze Age, c.1150-700 BC. The surface of the ingot is pitted where air bubbles formed during the casting process. There are dark green and coppery brown areas and light green patches of bronze disease. Similar ingot fragments have been found in metalworkers' hoards in Cornwall da…
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 24th October 2018
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Record ID: CORN-F1C64B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper 24 deniers or double sols of Louis XV (1715-1774) of France referred to as a French colonial 'stampee', used in the West Indies, with a large crowned 'C' stamped on the obverse, but a blank reverse. The first coinage of stampees used worn, old coins. This second major coinage employed newly minted planchets, thus the coin is not a 'reformation' nor a traditional counterstamp. In 1763 the first stampee, or sol tampé, of 24 deniers was authorized. This was a small copper disk stamped on the obverse with a crowned C (for Colonies) and a blank reverse. From dates on the undertypes…
Created on: Wednesday 5th September 2018
Last updated: Sunday 23rd September 2018
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Record ID: CORN-7414D4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper milled farthing of Charles II (1660-1685), dated to 1674 on the reverse, Spink 3394.
Created on: Thursday 12th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th July 2018
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Record ID: CORN-A2154B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper farthing trade token of John Cossen, issued in the Isles of Scilly and dated to 1666 on the obverse. Williamson, 1967, p.102, no.43 refers to a farthing token with the same date being issued by Richard Scaddan of Ludgvan who married Joan Cossen, both described as of Penzance, at Stowford in Devon in October 1647. There is also mention in the deaths registers of the early 18th century of Cossens on the island of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly. Mayne & Williams (1985) refer to a token issued by John Cossen, on page 37, no.1 where the obverse has the inscription IOHN COSSEN a…
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 29th June 2018
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Record ID: CORN-D77C16
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper penny token issued by John Williams III (1753-1841) of Scorrier House, Redruth which was bought by him in 1778 when he was running Scorrier Mine. The obverse of the coin depicts a pumping engine house, without brickwork on the chimney (as in the reference below), and a winding machine with the inscription PAYABLE AT SCORRIER HOUSE upon a ribbon above the scene, and below it in four lines in exergue ONE POUND FOR 240 TOKENS IN 1812. The reverse depicts the Prince of Wales plume of three feathers with the motto ICH / DIEN on scrolls on either side, surrounded by a garter with th…
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2016
Last updated: Thursday 25th August 2016
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Record ID: CORN-D70631
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy D-shaped buckle with moulded pin rest and projecting recurved spurs at either end of the strap bar which is narrowed and trapezoidal in section. The loop is rectangular in section with a bevelled inner edge. The buckle is missing its pin but there is a deep groove from the outer to the inner edge of the loop for the pin rest. The loop and strap bar form a shape like a Lombardic C. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar buckle with recurved spurs on page 20, no.65, which is dated from c.1300-1400.
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2016
Last updated: Saturday 11th August 2018
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Record ID: CORN-371B24
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper rose farthing of Charles I (1625-1649), too worn to make out the mint mark or any detail where there is a layer of encrustation on both faces, Rose Type 2 (1636-1644) with small crown on obverse and wheel-like rose on reverse, Spink 3202.
Created on: Friday 29th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 4th May 2016
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Record ID: CORN-D4D589
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper farthing of Charles II (1660-1685), which were minted between 1672 and 1679, but the date on the reverse is too corroded to make out. Spink 3394.
Created on: Friday 26th June 2015
Last updated: Sunday 28th June 2015
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Record ID: CORN-955F31
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper farthing of Charles II (1660-1685), dated to 1674 on the reverse. Spink 3394.
Created on: Thursday 11th June 2015
Last updated: Friday 12th June 2015
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Record ID: CORN-8DEA84
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy circular one drachm apothecary weight, used to weigh mediciines, probably made by Peter Rogers & Company of Birmingham, c.1852 onwards. The obverse has the St Edward's Crown with the inscription 'APOTHECARIES [WEIGHT]'. The reverse shows the denomination in traditional symbols (appearance similar to '3j') and has the inscription 'ONE DRAM'. The designs on both sides are contained within plain inner and beaded outer circles. The spelling 'DRAM' was replaced by 'DRACHM' circa 1890-1900, in order to mark the difference between the apothecaries and averdepois units. The apoth…
Created on: Saturday 23rd February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 27th February 2013
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Record ID: CORN-056216
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper halfpenny of William and Mary (1688-1694), which should be dated to 1694 in exergue on the reverse, but it is too worn to make out, Spink 3452.
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd October 2012
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Record ID: CORN-0439C0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper farthing of William and Mary (1688-1694), dated to 1694 in exergue on the reverse, Spink 3453.
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd October 2012
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Record ID: CORN-AFED05
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, solid, die-cut copper alloy two-piece livery button embossed with the head of a unicorn which locally is the crest of the Bassets, and was worn on the uniform of coachmen and the like. The button was probably originally silvered, as it is now corroded and blackened in places. The back of the button has the base of a copper alloy wire attachment loop still remaining in the centre with the backmark FIRMINS above and LONDON below, dating its manufacture to c.1879-1904. The Basset family lived at Tehidy until the 1890s and this button is like others found in better condition…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2012
Last updated: Friday 21st September 2012
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Record ID: CORN-AD6552
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gilt copper alloy, solid, die-cut, two-piece livery button depicting the design of a porcupine passant left with the motto above 'VIRES AGMINIS UNUS HABET' which translates in to 'one has the strength of an army'. This crest and motto are associated with the Grylls family of Launceston and Lanreath in Cornwall (Ivall & Pascoe, 1979, 45). There is a separate soldered copper alloy wire loop in the centre of the back of the button and the backmark reads: I. JACKSON BIRMINGHAM. The National Archives in Kew mentions a button-maker by the name of Joseph Jackson from Birmingham in a 1792 ent…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2012
Last updated: Friday 21st September 2012
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Record ID: CORN-1F1826
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper 4 maravedis of Charles III (1759-1788) of Spain, dated to 1773 on obverse. Reinfeld (1969) illustrates a similar example on page 352, No.69, which is dated to 1773.
Created on: Thursday 13th September 2012
Last updated: Friday 21st September 2012
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Record ID: CORN-BDB3C4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper penny token issued by John Williams III (1753-1841) of Scorrier House, Redruth which was bought by him in 1778 when he was running Scorrier Mine. The obverse of the coin depicts a pumping engine house, with brickwork on the chimney, and a winding machine with the inscription PAYABLE AT SCORRIER HOUSE upon a ribbon above the scene, and below it in four lines in exergue ONE POUND FOR 240 TOKENS IN 1812. The reverse depicts the Prince of Wales plume of three feathers with the motto ICH / DIEN on scrolls on either side, surrounded by a garter with the inscription CORNISH PENNY.…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2012
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Record ID: CORN-BDA145
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper farthing of Charles II (1660-1685), with the date on the reverse in exergue, which appears, though mostly illegible, to be 1672 as the base of the 2 can just be made out; Spink 3394.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 11th May 2012
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Record ID: CORN-91F4F7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper as of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, c.AD 139-180, [TR POT VI (according to the position of HONOS)] COS II on reverse so c.AD 151-2, RIC 1306, BMC 1918
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 26th April 2012
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Record ID: CORN-7FF1B8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper farthing token of Bristol, with the letters C B signifying CIVITAS BRISTOL and the date of 1670 on the obverse, and with a shield with the arms of Bristol in the form of shield with a ship issuing from a castle on the reverse (Williamson, 1967, Volume 1, 241, No.20). Obverse: *A BRISTOLL FARTHINGE around C.B 1670 Reverse: THE ARMES OF BRISTOLL around the arms for Bristol with a ship issuing from a castle.
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 26th April 2012
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