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Description: | A struck/ hammered silver sixpence of William III, minted in 1696 AD (diameter: 20.8mm; thickness: 0.9mm; weight: 3.08g). The bust on the obverse seems to be the 1st bust type, as classified by Mitchell & Reeds in 'Coins of England and the United Kingdom', 1995, page 237 (Ref no 3520) with an early harp on the reverse. The coin is slightly worn but in a good 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. | 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: | 1696 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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