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Elizabethan Coin found in Thursley

The coin was discovered by a metal detectorist in the vicinity of Punch Bowl Farm. It is an Elizabethan sixpence dated 1584. The coin shows the date and the Tudor shield and on the opposite side you can just make out the profile of Elizabeth I and to the left of the bush is the Tudor rose denoting that it is a sixpence.



Around the outside of the coin the edges have been 'clipped'. This was common practice amongst forgers who took the clippings of the silver edges to forge new coins. The punishment was execution! As it has been 'clipped', not all of the legend can be easily read.

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