File:Copper alloy coin weight for a guinea countermarked with an anchor dating c1773-1800AD. (FindID 978594).jpg

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Copper alloy coin weight for a guinea countermarked with an anchor dating c1773-1800AD.
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National Museum Wales , Susie White, 2019-11-05 13:12:47
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Copper alloy coin weight for a guinea countermarked with an anchor dating c1773-1800AD.
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English: Copper alloy coin weight for a guinea of post medieval date (c1773-1800AD). The weight is rectangular with moulded lettering on one side only with Pwt Gr (for pennyweight and grains) above the numbers 5:8 above GUINEA. It has an anchor countermark for the Birmingham Assay Office. For a similar published example see Withers 2011, pg. 64 No. W.2073D.

Length: 22.3mm; width: 16.3mm; thickness: 2.5mm; weight: 6.5g
Depicted place (County of findspot) Flintshire
Date between 1773 and 1800
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1773-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindIdentifier: 978594
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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/1079681
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1079681/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/978594
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