- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Silver shilling. Round silver disc with embossed profile of male figure on one side, and an embossed inscription reading 'One Shilling' on the other. [ILL [OPS move] 26/10/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Māori
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1835
- Date collected
- By 1985
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Silver Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Stamped, Process Embossed
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 23 mm, Depth: max 1 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.49.264 Other numbers: A 98714
Search terms: Religion, Death, Currency, Amulet, Grave Good, Coin
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