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Description: | Clipping from the edge of a Post Medieval silver shilling of Charles I (1625-1649), Group F, star initial mark, AD 1640-1641, minted at London, North (1991:160) no.2231.The clipping is to the inner circle including the entire legend and appears to be about 90% of the edge. The clipping is extreme and would obviously be noticable on the coin. It may have been done to turn the coin into a medallion or to make profit from the coin. When coins were called in for the recoinage of William III in 1696 they accepted any coin which was not clipped to within the inner circle suggesting many were trading in a very clipped condition.The piece is now twisted on itself so the dimensions given are for the current state. The maximum dimensions of the strip are 4.1mm wide by 1.0mm thick.
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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