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Description: | A group of 12 coins reported found near Evershot, Dorset. All are of silver of the sterling standard, c. 92.5% fine metal, a standard followed in both Scotland and England at this time. The coins appear to represent the currency of England in the later 1350s and 1360s, when the issues of Edward III's Fourth Coinage had come to dominate over the older sterlings of Edward I and II, although these still represented a large proportion of the penny denomination in use. Most of the coins are the higher silver denominations of groat (fourpence) and half-groat (twopence). Scottish coins of David II are encountered in England at this time, although the proportion in this find is relatively large. The face value of the group in the mid-14th century was 2 shillings and 11 pence, in purchasing power perhaps equivalent to £50-£100 in modern terms.EnglandEdward I (1272-1307 and Edward II (1307-27)1. Penny class 3d (1280-1) London 1.26g (broken)2. Penny class 11b3 (c. late 1310-c.1314) Canterbury 1.133. Penny class 14 (c.1317-1320) Canterbury 0.95 (fragments)Edward III (1327-77)Fourth Coinage (1351-77)4. Groat Pre-Treaty, Series Ga (1356-61) London 4.495. Groat Pre-Treaty, Series Gb (1356-61) London 4.376. Groat Treaty, j but rev as f (1363-9) London 4.557. Half-groat Pre-Treaty, Series C (1251-2) London 2.148. Half-groat Pre-Treaty, Series C (1251-2) London 1.65 (fragments)9. Half-groat Pre-Treaty, Series D (1252-3) York 2.1510. Half-groat Pre-Treaty, Series E/F,2 (1256) London 2.14ScotlandDavid II11. Groat Second Coinage (1357-67), C Edinburgh 3.6012. Half-groat Second Coinage (1357-67), C Edinburgh 2.09Since the coins found near Evershot are of good silver and would have been in currency together in the 1350s-60s, it is my opinion that they represent a single deposit of material and thus that they fulfil the criteria of Treasure according to the terms of the Act.Dr Barrie J. Cook
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