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Description: | A coin hoard comprising 82 struck / hammered silver coins, of Civil War dating (AD 1640s).DiscussionEighty of the coins are silver coins of the English monarchs Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I and the remaining two are from James I's Irish coinage, often found among English finds. All coins will therefore be of over 90% fine silver. A detailed catalogue accompanies this report.The coins represent what we know about the currency of the mid-17th century, as evidenced from many hoards deposited during the time of the English Civil War. During this massively disruptive and traumatic period, it is likely that many more hoards than usual were hidden for security and it is definitely the case that many remained unclaimed, thanks to the tumults of the time, to provide the large number of coin hoards from this period that are frequently recovered in modern times.The contents of the Uttoxeter find are wholly consistent with this sort of hoard. The bulk of the coins are sixpences, shillings and half-crowns, with just three groats (the fourpenny coin) representing the small silver denominations. The lower-weight Irish shillings of James I were current in England at ninepence. The latest coin present is a half-crown of Charles I issued in 1643-4 and it is probable that the group of coins from Uttoxeter was deposited together. The face value of the group as a whole was £3 6s., equivalent to several hundred pounds in modern terms.The coins from Uttoxeter are of good silver and represent a considerable sum of money deposited together in or around 1644. It is my opinion, therefore, that they constitute Treasure, according to the terms of the Act. (Report written by Dr Barrie J Cook, Curator of Medieval and Early Modern Coinage, British Museum).Detailed catalogue of the coins(coin no. Denomination. Mintmark. Date. weight):Mary I alone (1553-4)1-2. Groat. pomegranate 1.3, 1.16Elizabeth I (1558-1603)3-5. Shilling. Cross crosslet (1560-1) 6.02, 5.57, 5.536. Shilling. Bell (1582/3-83) 5.797. Shilling. Escallop (1584/5-87) 5.918. Shilling. Crescent (1587-89/90) 6.029. Shilling. Tun (1591/2-94) 5.5110. Shilling. Key (1595/6-97/8) 5.7211. Shilling. 2 (1602-3) 5.7312-13. Sixpence. Pheon (1561-5) 1562 2.77, 2.6914. Sixpence. Portcullis (1565/6-66/7) 1566 2.4215-17. Sixpence. Lion (1566/7-67) 1567 2.75, 2.6, 2.518-19. Sixpence. Coronet (1567-70) 1567 2.82, 2.7320. Sixpence. 1569 2.7221-3. Sixpence. 1570 2.81, 2.72, 2.5624. Sixpence. Castle (1570-2) 1570 2.3825-8. Sixpence. Ermine (1572-3) 1572 2.79, 2.76, 2.71, 2.6129-30. Sixpence. 1573 2.93, 2.5831-3. Sixpence. Eglantine (1575-8) 1574 2.85, 2.7, 2.6534-5. Sixpence. 1575 2.76, 2.2736. Sixpence. Cross (1578-80) 1578 2.5837. Sixpence. A (1583-84/5) 1583 2.838-9. Sixpence. 1584 2.7, 2.5740. Sixpence. Hand (1589/90-91/2) 1592 2.8841-2. Sixpence. Tun 1593 2.76, 2.6243. Sixpence. Woolpack (1594-95/6) 1595 2.844. Groat details illegible 1.36Milled coinage45. Sixpence. Star (1560-66/7) 1562 2.79James IFirst Coinage (1603-4)46-9. Shilling. Thistle (1603-4), bust 2 5.75, 5.7, 5.52, 5.0950-1. Shilling. Lis (1604-5), bust 2 5.35, 4.6452. Sixpence. Thistle, bust 2 1603 2.9353. Sixpence. Lis, bust 2 1604 2.73Second Coinage (1604-19)54. Shilling. Lis (1604-5), bust 3 5.6555-6. Shilling. Rose (1605-6), bust 4 5.66, 5.157. Shilling. Escallop (1606-7), bust 4 5.7858-9. Shilling. Coronet (1607-9), bust 4 5.89, 5.5760. Shilling. Trefoil (1613)?, bust 4 5.5761. Sixpence. Lis, bust 3 1604 2.8862. Sixpence. Rose, bust 4 1605 2.5763. Sixpence. Mullet (1611-12), bust 4 1611 2.73Third Coinage (1619-25)64. Shilling. Lis (1623-4), bust 6 5.52Charles I (1625-49)65. Half-crown. Tun (1636-8) N2209 15.1766. Half-crown. Triangle (1639-40) N2212 14.8467. Half-crown. Star (1640-1) N2214 15.1368. Half-crown. (P) (1643-4) N2213 15.2169-70. Shilling. Bell (1634-5) N2225 5.92, 5.8171-2. Shilling. Crown (1635-6) N2225 5.99, 5.3373-5. Shilling. Tun N2225 6.08, 5.7, 5.5976. Shilling. Tun N2228 5.7577. Shilling. Anchor (1638-9) N2229 5.9978. Shilling. Triangle N2231 5.9379. Shilling. Triangle-in-circle (1641-3) N2231 5.9280. Sixpence. Anchor N2244 3.0Irish Coinage, James IFirst Coinage (1603-4)81. Shilling. Bell 3.3282. Shilling. Martlet 4.07
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