Find Spot record MLI81620 - Hoard of gold peseta coins from Branston

Summary

Hoard of gold peseta coins from Branston

Type and Period (1)

  • (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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61687 A hoard of gold 100-peseta Spanish coins (18 or 19 in all) was found in 1928 in Branston. The date of deposition was c.1802. (Stamford Mercury 28/9/29 [error for 1928]). {1} Erroneously assigned to Potterhanworth in source 2 on p.42 although correctly assigned on p.39. {2} An inquiry by the Lincoln South District Coroner on the finding of 18 gold coins at Potterhanworth [error for Branston] was reported in The Times, in the Stamford Mercury, in the Lincolnshire Echo and in the Lincolnshire Chronicle. The coins were said to be 100-peseta pieces worth originally £4 16s., which had been out of circulation for 60 years. The coins were declared treasure trove and the property of the Crown. {3}{4}{6}{7} Find of Spanish American onzas at Branston, Lincolnshire, on 20 June 1928. The eighteen gold coins in the find were all onzas of Charles IV of Spain struck in Central or South America dated between 1790 and 1802, 2 from Mexico, 6 from Nicaragua and 10 from Peru one of which was from Lima. {5}

Sources/Archives (7)

  •  Index: SMR file for Branston and Mere. BRANSTON AND MERE. TF 06 NE:AE; AJW; 1977.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: BROWN, I.D. AND DOLLEY, M.. 1971. A Bibliography of Coin Hoards of Great Britain and Ireland 1500-1967. p.39 and p.42 (Potterhanworth in error).
  •  Index: SMR file for Branston and Mere. BRANSTON AND MERE. Extract from The Times, 26/09/1928.
  •  Index: SMR file for Branston and Mere. BRANSTON AND MERE. Extract from the Stamford Mercury, 28/09/1928.
  •  Article in Serial: Brooke, G. C.. 1928. 'Recent English hoards: find of Spanish-American onzas at Branston, Lincs 1928' in the Numismatic Chronicle. vol.8 (1928), p.338.
  •  Index: SMR file for Branston and Mere. BRANSTON AND MERE. Extract from the Lincolnshire Chronicle, 29/09/1928.
  •  Index: SMR file for Branston and Mere. BRANSTON AND MERE. Extract from the Lincolnshire Echo , 25/09/1928.

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Grid reference TF 067 676 (point) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish BRANSTON AND MERE, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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