Great Britain (1636-39) shilling

Stack's Bowers February 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74025

This specimen was lot 74025 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Shilling, ND (1636-39). Charles I. NGC EF-45. Variety with circle around bust, and square-topped reverse shield with no plume above. A generally well detailed example of the type, struck slightly out of round, with dark gray toning throughout." The SCWC lists over forty different undated shillings for Charles I, a side effect of the Civil War. His reign presents the greatest challenge to numismatists.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.02 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S-2794.

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, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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Great Britain (1636-39) shilling

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