England (1551) shilling

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 44548

This specimen was lot 44548 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $780. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Shilling, ND (1551-53). London Mint. Edward VI. PCGS EF-45 Gold Shield. Y mintmark. A well detailed and wholesome Shilling with no significant strike weakness and an even, dark gray tone. From the Sundial Valley Farms Collection." The 'y' mintmark shown on the obverse and reverse was used only in 1551. This type, using other mintmarks, was struck until 1553.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: S-2482; N-1937.

Source:

• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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