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Assorted unidentified coins found in Dornoch area

Assorted unidentified coins found in Dornoch area

Date Added: 15 July 2010 Year: 1580 Institution Name: dnhhl Cat No: | 2002_247_083 | Picture No: 9324

Bag of 59 metal items found in the Dornoch area, mostly coins but including a few buttons. Three of the coins are pierced. All are badly corroded and worn but some will be identifiable by a coin expert. Some appear to be 16th/17th century.

Includes one definite Charles II copper bawbee (6 pence) dated 1677 and several with the figure of Britannia on the reverse so dated to & post 1797. One of the buttons has 'London' inscribed on back with a name.

Dimensions: Diameter 30mm

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