England (1592-95) shilling
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This specimen was lot 46293 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $552. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Shilling, ND (1592-95). London Mint; mm: Tun. Elizabeth I. PCGS EF-40. Sixth issue. From the Senator Platt Family Collection, started prior to 1870." The government experimented with milled coinage in the 1560's but reverted to hammered coinage when output was too slow. The tun mintmark was used 1592-95. The shilling was 96 grains, 0.925 fine.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.02 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: S-2577; N-2014.
- 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, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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