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Legend: - - - - - - EX x - - - - - - - - - Forms of letters partly visible, but impossible...
Catalogue reference: E 29/1/146
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This record is about the Legend: - - - - - - EX x - - - - - - - - - Forms of letters partly visible, but impossible... in the series Exchequer: Treasury of the Receipt: Dies for Coins. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Legend: - - - - - - EX x - - - - - - - - - Forms of letters partly visible, but impossible to read with any confidence. Coin face: faint suggestion of letters, nothing legible; very faint five-pointed star (dexter) and trefoil (sinister) either side ofcrown; crown, possibly unusual shape, suggestion of nose, possibly eyebrows and eyes; no bevel on die, although hardened coin face may give impression of bevel. Shaft: square in section where spike joins shaft, chamfered to create octagonal, passing to round section c 13 mm. below coin face; spike rectangular in section; tip blunt, chisel-shaped. Shank marked with four crowns, one on each side; the fourth has to be taken on trust, as it is covered by pasted-on label. Height of shaft 96 mm. Height of spike 54 mm. Diameter. of coin face (no bevel) 20.5 mm.
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- Religions
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Exchequer: Treasury of the Receipt: Dies for Coins
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