Great Britain (1624) shilling

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from Stack's Bowers May 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72318
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This specimen was lot 72318 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Shilling, ND (1624). London Mint; mm: trefoil. James I. PCGS Genuine--Scratch, VF Details. Obverse: Crowned and armored bust right; XII (mark of value) to left; Reverse: Coat-of-arms over long cross fourchee. A wonderfully detailed Shilling with consistent pewter and steel gray surfaces. Some centuries-old scratches in the right obverse field are now little more than evidence of circulation. Rather seldom encountered and emanating from a popular series, we expect this piece will catch many eyes and bids." This shilling is from James's third coinage of 1619-25; the trefoil mintmark was used only in 1624. Milled coinage, trialled in the 1560's, would not supplant hammered coinage util the 1660's.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.02 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S-2668; KM-59.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 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, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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