Charles the Plate
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Owner:
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Marcally
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Released:
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Sunday, January 12, 2020
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Origin:
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East Midlands, United Kingdom
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Recently Spotted:
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In The Reindeer
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My name is Charles the Plate. My mission is to travel from Cache to Cache around the world.
Photographs are always welcome should you wish to take them during my travels, this would be fun. All I ask is that I am treated kindly and moved on to the next Cache as soon as possible. Thank you for helping me travel to reach my goals.
A Half-Crown 1646 Siege coin cast in lead free pewter and plastic Diamond attached to a Silver Travel Track tag.
These Seige coins were struck from pieces of hammered silver 'plate' tableware and other decorative objects, to use as emergency coinage when the town of Newark, Nottinghamshire was besieged during the English Civil War in 1646. The initials inscribed on the coin are 'CR', representing Carolus Rex meaning King Charles and 'XXX' representing 30 pence.
The English Civil War of 1642 - 1649 became an armed conflict between the Royalist and Parliamentary forces arising from the constitutional, economic and religious differences between King Charles I and the Long Parliament. It was at Newark in 1646 that Charles I was captured by the Scots under Alexander Leslie and handed over to Parliament after refusing to take the covenant. After an escape, Charles I was recaptured, brought to trial and executed in January 1649.
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