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Description: | A silver hammered sixpence of William III, minted in 1697 (thickness: 0.4mm; diameter: 21.7mm; weight: 2.75g). The coin appears to be fairly bad quality silver and has been double struck. Evidence of this can be seen on both sides, particularly with the inscriptions. Apart from this, the coin is in a fair and slightly worn condition. In 1696, a great re-coinage was undertaken to replace the hammered silver that made up most of the coinage in circulation, much of it being clipped and badly worn. Branch mints were set up in Bristol, Chester, Exeter, Norwich and York to help with the re-coinage. For a short time before they were finally demonetized, unclipped hammered coins were allowed to circulate freely provided they were officially pierced in the centre. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1697 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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