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Description: | William III shilling dating 1696-1701AD obverse legend reads GVILLEMVS [III DEI GRA]. The diameter is 16mm and the weight 2.1g. The coin has been bent into an S-shape and it is thought that this modification of coins was to create love tokens. Often the love tokens are made from a silver denomination as it was popular to turn coins (usually sixpences) into 'love tokens' as a keepsake.The coins were deliberately bent in a superstitious, religious, or devotional ritual. The devotional practice is believed to have gained popularity in post-reformation Elizabethan England and continued in to the 19th century. The ritual bending would have been performed when the coin was worn almost smooth.
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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