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Description: | A worn plated counterfeit copy of a Charles I halfcrown (as North no. 2211). The entire outer part of the coin, where the legend would have appeared, is apparently missing. The edge is smooth, with no obvious signs of clipping and the plating extends around the edge. Clipping which removes the entire legend is characteristic of the period immediately before and during the Great Recoinage of 1696-7. At this date, the Government made known that it would accept old money at face value, provided that it was not clipped within the inner circle. This encouraged the clipping of coins before they were handed in for recoining. This particular coin appears to be a plated copy of an already clipped coin, to disguise the fact that the coin was plated.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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