Great Britain 1646 shilling KM-292

Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 52140

This specimen was lot 52140 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $2,160. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Shilling, 1646. Oxford Mint. Charles I. NGC AU-55. A RARE Shilling issue bearing the instantly recognizable plumed Oxford Mint reverse design. A tad weakly struck on the portrait, but exhibiting very little in the way of true circulation wear; the reverse in particular appears fully lustrous and essentially as struck. The surfaces are wonderfully original throughout and deeply toned, a testament to nearly a century of traceable provenance through the cabinets of various collectors. Ex: H. W. Morrieson Collection (Sotheby - 11/1933) Lot # 622. Ex: E. C. Carter Collection. Ex: Carlyon-Britton Collection. Ex: J. R. Hulett Collection. Ex: J. Tooze Collection." During the early phase of the Civil War, Charles I fled London and set up his capital at Oxford. Many coins were struck there, from sixpence up to silver pounds and gold double crowns (Fr-260).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.02 g, 0.925 fine silver, this specimen 6.22 g.

Catalog reference: KM 292, S-2978; N-2454; Brooker-947; Morrison dies-A/1.

Source:

Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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Great Britain 1646 shilling KM-292

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