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Charles I 1626 shilling (light weight issue), mint mark Cross Calvary over Lis. Acquired earlier this week from one of the UK's premier dealers, I am delighted with it!  [/URL] |
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United Kingdom
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Pulled this out of a junk bin during a very brief stop at a coin shop - not the best specimen of an 1880 Gothic florin but it fills a space in my album and it'll always be worth its silver value!  Edited by NumisRob
05/24/2014 03:50 am
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United Kingdom
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Another Charles I shilling from me. This one from 1643/4, by which time the King had left London and the mint was under Parliamentary control.  Troubled times appear to have led to very poor quality control with irregular, variable weight flans and poor striking (possibly the coiners were told to speed up production to ensure enough money was available both to pay troops and maintain public confidence) and this coin is no exception. It suffers from all the usual problems for this issue. There's a weak patch running from 4 o'clock to 10 o'clock on the obv (and correspondingly on the reverse) where the flan is thinner. Hence the weakness to the King's face. It's also been visibly clipped (weight is 5.76g) And there are a couple of die cracks just showing through. However it has nice old cabinet toning which the photos don't quite show (there's a bit more blue and some gold behind the XII), the obv mark is clear and despite the weakness the portrait is probably clearer than many. There's no double striking at least! So all in all, an acceptable coin for this particular privy mark. |
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Paulus and Tom; I envy you guys.
Those are some very Wonderful Charles I pieces..
Congrats !!
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I especially like Tom's 1643/4! A very attractive coin!
Bill
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Thanks Guys! Charles I is certainly a good reign to collect IMHO. There seems to have been a good deal of experimentation at the Mint, so there are a lot of different varieties to look out for. The political upheavals led to a large number of coins being hoarded and so it's possible to find some coins in pretty much uncirculated condition as they were hidden away soon after being issued. But there are also issues that are very rare indeed or that, like the coin above, are a challenge to find in decent condition. Hang on! That's not what I meant to say at all! No, no, it's a horrible series. Full of complicated variations, you can barely find anyone that wants them. In fact I suspect I am one of the few people that would give you a reasonable price for the things, they're so unpopular!  Edited by Tom Goodheart
05/28/2014 3:13 pm
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United Kingdom
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I am sure no-one is fooled TG! Tom (Richard) has an amazing collection of Chas I shillings, every one of them oozing English history out of every pore (not that any of them are porous of course!) Whereas my coin is my first serious foray into these murky waters (it's silver in colour in real life by the way) - the danger being that this period will become a mortgage-busting obsession! I always find it amazing that certain periods of English history (such as the incredible 1600's) are still available to own in genuine, attractive, tangible form at affordable prices, in this day and age  Edited by Paulus
05/28/2014 3:39 pm
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My most recent piece of hammered   |
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Cool! Nice little bell mm sixpence Steve.
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James 1st Shilling   |
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United Kingdom
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I'm liking the hammered theme here! Another shilling from me. Tun mint mark dates it to between 14 Feb 1636- 8 May 1638. Bit double struck (expecially on the reverse, some corrosion around 7 o'clock and a small flan (though 5.87g)  Makes it sound as if I'm very demanding, doesn't it! However on balance I'm very pleased. In fact my only gripe is that the earlier owner's ticket that linked it to a decent size collection of Charles I material has been lost. Recently too, annoyingly. Oh well... at least I have the information, though physical proof would have been better. Worth paying for even - a fact that was clearly lost on whoever chucked the ticket away as, without the provenance, I paid less than a third of what it sold for previously. *shrug* |
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Richard (Tom)
The joys of research...and I know you put a lot of effort in.
Looks pleasing.
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Breaking the hammered coin theme  As a going-away gift one of my teachers allowed me to pick one coin that I like. I like this lowball 6d since I ever saw a more worn coin in my life, it's worn so thin it's less than 1mm thick. Plus it's a sixpence and it's lucky   I wonder how much circulation this coin has seen? |
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Not only is it heavily worn but it also looks like its spent some time buried. Or in some other corrosive environment.
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