Hi everyone I am new here and am an avid coin collector I am into collecting liberty head half dollars and Morgans but my grandpa gave me this coin and I would like to know more about it and the value of it as there isn't a lot of info and prices of this coin it seems its a queen Anne shilling 1705 its says late shield and the numbers s 3593 I have found that these are hard to find in good condition of course mine is probably in a fine condition please help if you can! Thanks
THe S stands for Seaby, so S 3593 is a catalog number in Seaby's Standard catalogue of British Coins. If that is its number, it is a sixpence. THe condition is typical, for this coin, avarage circulated, I'd grade it as VG, possibly a bit generously, and we can't see the other side. Search on ebay.co.uk for Queen Anne sixpence. You should be able to find similar condition for around the equivalent of $20 to $30, although a high grade example would be ten times as much. http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/SE/SE3593.html#Peck_758
Minted later than an early shield, a design difference or variety. Having seen the reverse I'd still grade it VG which stands for Very Good, but in coin terms means pretty well worn flat.
Yes I understand the grading scale I am interested in these so did these coins change after every king or queen in power? Did they make them in mints? Interesting stuff!
Yes the coins changed everytime a new monarch came to the throne. After the reign of Charles II(1660-1685) coinage was rather scarcely minted, usually only in small batches until quite late in the reign of George III(1760-1820). The exception was Queen Anne's(1702-1714) reign when there was a mint opened in Edinburgh during 1707-1709 to re coin Scotland's coinage into British sterling. Those coins all have E mintmarks below the monarch's portrait. There was an earlier recoinage during the reign of William III(1694-1702) where the older hammered coinage was all called in to several mint cities to be recoined - but most of those coins wore out and disappeared back into a furnace sometime during the 18th century. Queen Anne's coins are notable for being the first truly "British" coins that circulated throughout the whole of Great Britain. Prior to 1707 Scottish coinage along with whatever else, ie Dutch stuivers, dubbelties, French liards etc circulated in Scotland.
