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Description: | A heavily worn milled silver shilling-size probable coin of post-Medieval to modern date, probably AD 1660 - 1816.All of the coin's original detail has been lost by smoothing or polishing, and the surface has been counter-stamped. Two "wheel" marks of a circle of eight inward pointing triangles are clear, and traces of letters, perhaps M or W can be seen stamped into the coin. The coin is also folded in half making the other face invisible. The coin measures 24.1mm diameter, 0.7mm thick and weighs 2.42g. The reasons for counterstamping are not fully understood, but suggestions include their reuse as tokens (by traders), love tokens (usually the coin is bent into an 'S' shape in this case) or as trial pieces. Compare BH-DFF243, BH-621E81 and HAMP-BDC59D among others on the PAS database.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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