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Description: | A cast copper alloy biface coin weight of 18th century AD date. The weight is circular in shape measuring 23.12mm in diameter and 3.58mm in thickness. The obverse face depicts a central foliate motif arranged in a cross within a circular foliate border surrounded by floral motifs. The reverse face has a legend over three lines that reads 27 / SHILLINGS / W with semi-circular foliate decoration above and below, all within a border of pellets. This example weighs 10.10g. Coin weights like this were used in Britain between the 1720s and 1770s or later to weigh the Potuguese gold 'Moidore' and its fractions. This weight would have been for a full Moidore since the Moidore corresponded to 27 shillings or c.10.76g. See Withers and Withers, 1995: pp. 45, 47, 55. Inscription: 27 / SHILLINGS / W | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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