Great Britain 1676 shilling

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Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale, lot 36012
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This specimen was lot 36012 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Shilling, 1676. London Mint. Charles II. NGC EF-45." Charles II shillings come without plume below the bust (KM 427.1, shown here) struck 1666-83 and with plume (KM 427.2) struck 1671-80. The "with plume" type is priced about double those without plumes.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.02 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S-3375; KM-427.1.

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.
  • Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
  • 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 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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