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I rephotographed this as it's currently one of my favourites. Charles I Tower mint shilling from the period the mint was under Parliamentary control (Charles had fled the capital earlier in the civil war). The (P) privy mark dates it to between 29 May 1643 and 15 Jul 1644. I'm guessing it would have been early on since the bust design became cruder as time went on - presumably due to the difficulty of finding skilled engravers to make new dies.  |
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Tom, That's a stunning piece! Can we see the reverse?
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Both sides. Colour's a bit off on this and not so neat on the reverse I'm afraid.  Edited by Tom Goodheart
06/30/2020 6:18 pm
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Exceptional coin in my book... Thanks for sharing!
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A fantastic example.  |
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Inspired me to post this one...  |
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Impressive. |
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Slightly double struck on the reverse but here's one for the Stuarts... Enjoy!  |
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Beautiful shilling, the detail on the King's face is amazing! Here is a better shot of my William Halfcrown. It's a 1697 as its Nono on the edge.   |
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I realise I didn't post this earlier. Another shilling of Charles I, Spink 2791, Sharp E2/2. I've found it difficult to obtain nicer examples with the Tun privy mark (Tower mint 14 Feb 1636- 8 May 1638). They are either on odd shaped flans, weakly struck (particularly to the bust) or otherwise unattractive, so I feel this one isn't too bad, all things considered. Some corrosion and a slightly ragged flan, lightly double struck to the obverse and a bit shiny*, making it a challenge to get a decent photograph, but I've done my best and it does at least have most of the edge beading and is full weight at 6.09g.   * Yes. I am extraordinarily fussy! Edited by Tom Goodheart
07/28/2020 08:06 am
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Tom,
Great piece... Congrats on your new acquisition!
Rickie
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OK, hope I don't get chucked out for this! Admin please feel free to remove if inappropriate. It's been tough finding coins for my collection recently. People are holding onto everything and anything nicer gets snapped up immediately. So I though I'd diversify a bit and, to complement my Charles I coins, pick up a medal or two that appeal to me. So this is a piece struck in copper (some were also made in silver) and was designed by Thomas Rawlins who, early in the Civil War, followed the King from London to work at Charles' headquarters in Oxford. Obverse shows the King wearing a laurel crown. The reverse features an olive branch crossed by a sword. The legend reads IN. VTRVM / QVE. PARATVS. meaning 'ready for either'. The story goes that it was struck following the defeat of the Parliamentary garrison at Bristol by Prince Rupert. Charles, in talking to his Council asked them "to consider how these great blessings in war might be applied to the procuring a happy peace" and the medal presumably showed the King was prepared for whatever was to come as it's known as the "War & Peace" medal.  Rawlins continued to work for the King and was Chief Engraver at the Mint between 1647 and 1648, at which time he fled to France. He returned to England in 1652 and survived for a while making dies for tradesmen's tokens. Following the restoration of the monarchy, he was re-appointed Chief Engraver under Charles II. Edited by Tom Goodheart
08/06/2020 08:25 am
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  Charles I, second Briot coinage 1638/9 - anchor & mullet on obv., anchor on rev., 'CHISTO' not 'CHRISTO'.(N2306, S2860). This is one of my better acquisitions that I have owned for about 3 years. The 'scratches' on the obverse are flan adjustment marks so do not detract from the grading. This coin has the misspelled legend 'CHISTO' rather than 'CHRISTO' on the reverse, but so far I have found no academic reference to this variety although from the Pre-Decimal Forum a couple of years ago I was told it is known. However, whether this type is scarce or not I do not know - are there any opinions on this out there? I have scoured BNJ articles with no success, does anyone know where this die error might be recorded? Frank Edited by hibernianscribe
08/09/2020 12:16 pm
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Slightly double struck on the reverse but here's one for the Stuarts... Enjoy! Gosh, I'm so envious of this! It's not often that a James I portrait is this strong. |
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Just bought this. Not a great grade but it's very difficult to find these later (10 Nov 1645-15 Feb 1647) Sun privy mark shillings on a full flan. This is as close as I've found (bar one other example) to having the majority of the edge beading and a[n almost] round flan in many years of searching. They aren't that hard to find with a decent strike, but inevitably the flan is small and oddly shaped. I guess the quality control at the Tower mint (which was under Parliamentary control by this time) was poor. Spink 2800, Sharp G2/2. Ex Dr J Hulett collection.  Edited by Tom Goodheart
10/06/2020 4:37 pm
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