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A recent acquisition and my oldest milled coin - a 1562 Elizabeth I sixpence: Excellent!  |
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Another shilling of Charles I for me. Bit later than the last one, this dating from between 27 Jun 1634 and 18 Jun 1635 with the Bell privy mark. Spink 2791, Sharp E1/1. Decent full flan and quite pleasing toning from an old collection.    Edited by Tom Goodheart
07/28/2021 11:15 am
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I'm really enjoying seeing all these coins. It's a part of English history in which I'm quite interested. Thanks, everyone for sharing.
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I'll add a couple I don't think we've seen yet, mainly because they're not too popular, at least compared to Charles I shillings. Actually, I have a lot of Stuart coins that fall into that category... James I Harington Farthing, 1613-4 London Token House. Copper, 0.3g. IACO D*G. MAG BRIT (Obverse 1); Unmodified central jewel on crown; FRA.ET.HIB.REX preceded by Harington knot (Everson Harington Type 1b 11; Peck/BMC Type 1b 39).I have many Stuart farthings. They're addictive. All are technically tokens, but were England's first copper coins. James II Irish Gunmoney Half Crown, May 1690 Dublin. Bronze, 29mm, 11.1g. Small size issue (S 6580B). Struck when James II was in Ireland, trying to regain his crown from his daughter and son-in-law. He had no silver, so struck coins from bronze, much of which came from cannons (hence 'gunmoney'), to be redeemed later when he won. Which he didn't. Edited by JohnConduitt
08/06/2021 7:39 pm
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Nice coins John and great to see them in such nice condition!
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Nice pair! |
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My first Tudor coin, a Elizabethan shilling dating between 1594 - 1596 (Mintmark Tun). Not the greatest of conditions, but we all have to start somewhere Excellent! |
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Someone spent some time and effort to plug that hole in the Elizabeth Shilling, quite an impressive job really!
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Do you mean this?  Not a plug, how could it be in exactly the same position on both sides of the coin? It's the mintmark. Woolpack (1594-96).  Edited by Hogarth
11/01/2021 6:03 pm
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that'll teach me posting from the phone, it's the "L" in Elizabeth I was looking at - looks much better from the desktop :)
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My mistake, I meant to type the mintmark was a woolpack, but put in a tun for some reason (It was the previous mintmark on slightly older coins of this type).
I can understand why people would think its a plug as its flat from the wear, and larger coins like shillings and sixpences got worn as necklaces and the like.
I am still happy with it as a first coin, because despite all the wear its a largely complete coin and you can see enough detail to know exactly what it is, plus its a shilling too and a decent size coin. In the 1590s - it was a decent amount of money for the common person.
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I can show my James II crown again here!  And my 1689 gunmoney halfcrown:  And my 1690 gunmoney halfcrown:  |
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Cool, love the halfcrowns. I had the chance to buy a gunmoney shilling when I was 15, turned it down - really should have bought it.
It really is James II season here, for a such a maligned ruler with a short reign, his coins have made him a superstar!
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