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Description: | Edward IV, silver groat, first reign (1461-70)Light Coinage (1464/5-70)Groat, type VII (1466-7). Initial Mark = lisMinted in York.As official English issues of this period, these coins will have a silver content of the sterling standard, 92.5% fine metal. The groat (fourpence) was a relatively high-value coin, roughly equivalent in function to the modern £20 note. It would be relatively unusual for two groats of such similar date to be separately and accidentally lost in close proximity to each other, while no other coins were similarly lost in the vicinity. It is therefore a reasonable probability that they represent a single deposit and thus would fulfil the criteria of Treasure under the terms of the Act.
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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