Record ID: CORN-90E423
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Aluminium copy of a Charles I sixpence, copying the silver shillings minted at Pontefract during 1648 and 1649, the so-called 'siege' pieces. Sixpences were never minted at Pontefract, but were at Scarborough in 1644-5 and Newark in 1646. However, these latter types are square or diamond-shaped in profile, not disc-shaped as in this case. This copy seems to have been stamped and then cut out as a disc, as it has an edge on the reverse that stands slightly proud of the surface of the coin but no edge on the obverse.
Created on: Sunday 20th February 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
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