Great Britain 1653 shilling
This specimen was lot 23611 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $900. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Shilling, 1653. London Mint. Commonwealth. PCGS AU-53 Gold Shield. Sun mint mark. A generally well struck Shilling with one spot of weakness in the lower obverse center, but with bold and fully readable peripheral legends. The coin exhibits pervasive, pleasing gray toning, and is overall quite attractive for the type." By 1650, king Charles was dead and his son fled into exile but Cromwell was unable to bring unity to England. The gold coins of his rule (unite, double crown and crown) are all rare. The silver coinage is generally more available but often badly made. This type is listed with the sun mint mark for 1649-57 and with the anchor mint mark for 1658-60. Portrait shillings also exist. A 1653/2 overdate is noted.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.02 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: S-3217; KM-390.1.
- 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, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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