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Modern Copy of a Charles I 'Sixpence'
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Frank Basford, 2014-04-06 14:58:30
Title
Modern Copy of a Charles I 'Sixpence'
Description
English: A complete Modern base metal and coated copy of a 'sixpence' of Charles I (1625-1649), 1900-2000.

This coin copies the silver shillings minted at Pontefract during 1648 and 1649, the so-called 'siege' pieces. Sixpences were never minted at Pontefract, but were at Scarborough in 1644-5 and Newark in 1646. However, these latter types are square or diamond-shaped in profile, not disc-shaped as in this case.

This copy seems to have been stamped and then cut out as a disc, as it has an edge on the reverse that stands slightly proud of the surface of the coin but has no edge on the obverse.

Obverse: DVM:SPIRO:SPERO(While I live, I hope); Crowned CR

Reverse: ·OBS· (obsessum)/·VI·; Representation of Pontefract Castle

Diameter: 20.5mm. Weight: 1.56g. DA=12:6.

A similar coin has been recorded from Cornwall: CORN-90E423.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight
Date between 1900 and 2000
Accession number
FindID: 610171
Old ref: IOW-066737
Filename: IOW2014-3-27.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/463759
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/463759/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/610171
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