A 2018 metal detecting find has revealed a previously unrecorded variety of James I sixpence, with no date present on the reverse. Although described in the Portable Antiquities Scheme as a probable contemporary copy, evidence is presented here that the coin is, in fact, genuine. As such, the coin is most likely due to a die-sinker’s error, and provides an interesting addition to the coins of this reign.
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