- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Victorian sixpence, incised on one side with the "GEORGE 1895". Perforated through the top. [SM 17/02/2011]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Edward Lovett
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1895
- Date collected
- By 1933
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Silver Metal, Process Stamped, Process Inscribed, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 19 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.51.377 Other numbers: R 12611/ 1936 A 132606 B AM C
Search terms: Religion, Currency, Writing, Amulet, Coin, Inscription
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