S D marked coin or token?
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Above is the Script S type, but yours is a style of S that started in the mid-18th C(http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/188489). However, they normally have a couple of numbers as well, also the letters are cast & not stamped. Which makes me conclude this was an unoffical 'homemade' weight.
Above is the Script S type, but yours is a style of S that started in the mid-18th C(http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/188489). However, they normally have a couple of numbers as well, also the letters are cast & not stamped. Which makes me conclude this was an unoffical 'homemade' weight.
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Record ID: YORYM-2F6BC3 - POST MEDIEVAL coin weight - Database
OK, found a stamped version, so it might be the real thing.
OK, found a stamped version, so it might be the real thing.
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As ever CRU great ID 
it was found within 10 feet of an Edward I and henry VIII half groat and a medieval lead token.
it was found within 10 feet of an Edward I and henry VIII half groat and a medieval lead token.
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The S D for shillings / pence is a great idea and it could very well be it. But as Crusader mentioned above -and I think is important - there should be numbers associated with the S and D. Without that it seems the weight wouldn't have any significance or use.
Maybe they wore off... but it also may help to have a size of this piece. Do you have a weight for it and a diameter? That could help to match it up if it is a coin weight.
But if you are happy with the ID then no need to bother. It's your find
Maybe they wore off... but it also may help to have a size of this piece. Do you have a weight for it and a diameter? That could help to match it up if it is a coin weight.
But if you are happy with the ID then no need to bother. It's your find
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Bramblefind said:The S D for shillings / pence is a great idea and it could very well be it. But as Crusader mentioned above -and I think is important - there should be numbers associated with the S and D. Without that it seems the weight wouldn't have any significance or use.
Maybe they wore off... but it also may help to have a size of this piece. Do you have a weight for it and a diameter? That could help to match it up if it is a coin weight.
But if you are happy with the ID then no need to bother. It's your find
I will def get a weight and measurement for you. Always want to know the full ID, it's pretty worn but I'll see of I can get any numbers on it
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The S D for shillings / pence is a great idea and it could very well be it. But as Crusader mentioned above -and I think is important - there should be numbers associated with the S and D. Without that it seems the weight wouldn't have any significance or use.
Maybe they wore off... but it also may help to have a size of this piece. Do you have a weight for it and a diameter? That could help to match it up if it is a coin weight.
But if you are happy with the ID then no need to bother. It's your find
The number thing worried me as well, thats why I started researching Bullion weights but no joy there.
It is also why I thought it maybe unoffical. ie. the guy who made it knew what it was meant to weigh & put the SD so as to give it some convincing letters if it was over looked.
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If you look under zoom you can see lettering around the edge if the item. Could it be some type of counter stamped coin?
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bugger, I focussed so much on the SD, I over looked this obivious possibility. If it was a coin, it looks like a large rim around both sides, maybe a dump issue Geo I. Also, the quality could be poor, because it might have been a counterfiet coin put to good use as a couterstamped token. SD - initials of issuer.
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What about a cartwheel penny? They have wide rims
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Yep that's why I asked for the size and weight
It could make a big difference on the possibilities for this.
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Bramblefind said:Yep that's why I asked for the size and weight
Will do they tonight after work
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