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hammered silver coin post medieval William III shilling
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Alex Whitlock, 2013-07-11 09:48:20
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hammered silver coin post medieval William III shilling
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English: 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.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cumbria
Date POST MEDIEVAL
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FindID: 568733
Old ref: LANCUM-E709C4
Filename: NM.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/432860
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/432860/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/568733
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