Newark 1646 shilling

from the Stack's Bowers 2019 NYINC sale, lot 40312

This specimen was lot 40312 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), where it sold for $2,640. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Newark Besieged. Shilling, 1646. Charles I (1625-49). PCGS AU-50 Gold Shield. Well detailed on a broad flan and immensely attractive for this incredibly historic type with a base of smooth gray tone in the open fields and superb orange, yellow, blue and green coloration that surrounds many of the raised portions of the design. Seldom offered with such a mesmerizing appearance." The besieged royalists also issued silver sixpence, ninepence and half crowns. Altho these appear fairly regularly in auctions, high demand brings high prices.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.02 g, 0.925 fine silver, this specimen 5.68 g.

Catalog reference: S-3143; KM-370.2; North-2640.

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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, Matt Orsini and Cris Chatigny, The January 2019 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

Link to:

• Newark 1645 1/2 crown
• Great Britain 1646 4 pence KM-286.3
• 1646-B sixpence, Bridgnorth-on-Severn mint
• Pontefract 1648 shilling KM-383.2
• Coins and currency dated 1646
• return to coins of Great Britain