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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but scarce.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but scarce.
  
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''Specification:'' .925 fine silver.
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''Specification:'' 6.02 g, 0.925 fine silver.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' S-3410; KM-451.1.
 
''Catalog reference:'' S-3410; KM-451.1.
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* [[Great Britain 1685 shilling|1685 shilling]]
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* [[Great Britain 1686 shilling|1686 shilling]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1687 half penny|1687 half penny]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1687 half penny|1687 half penny]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1687 4 pence|1687 fourpence]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1687 4 pence|1687 fourpence]]
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* [[Great Britain 1687 6 pence|1687 sixpence]]
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* [[Great Britain 1687 half crown KM-452|1687 half crown]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1687 crown|1687 crown]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1687 crown|1687 crown]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1687 1/2 guinea|1687 half guinea]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1687 1/2 guinea|1687 half guinea]]
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* [[Great Britain 1687 guinea Fr-295|1687 guinea]]
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* [[Great Britain 1687 guinea Fr-295|1687 guinea, no symbol]]
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* [[Great Britain 1687 guinea Fr-296|1687 guinea, with elephant and castle]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1687 5 guineas Fr-292|1687 5 guineas, no symbol]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1687 5 guineas Fr-292|1687 5 guineas, no symbol]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1687 5 guineas Fr-293|1687 5 guineas, elephant and castle]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1687 5 guineas Fr-293|1687 5 guineas, elephant and castle]]

Latest revision as of 11:41, 22 January 2024

Ponterio sale 169, lot 10400
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 10400 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $411. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Shilling, 1687/6. James II (1685-88). Light, unobtrusive scratch between two shields. Toned." This type was struck 1685-88 during James's short reign. Later shillings of William III are much more common.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: 6.02 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S-3410; KM-451.1.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
  • 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, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.

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