Great Britain (1625) shilling

Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 37021

This specimen was lot 37021 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $552. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Shilling, ND (1625). London Mint; mm: Lis. Charles I. PCGS EF-45. From the Richard August Collection." The young Charles I was very popular at the start of his reign but his ratings plummeted after several military expeditions turned into disasters.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.02 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S-2781; N-2216.

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, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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