English Shilling collectors?

Some really lovely shillings you've got. If I recognize that background correctly I think I've been to your website a few times looking for shillings? Really like the James I there.

 

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Yes. Ms. Norweb got first choice at all the London shops and sales! Yikes, I can only imagine that and at prices she likely paid. I was able to get quite a few over the years (in the early 90s to 2000s) and have allowed me relatively a decent collection. I would trade my left kidney for the 1929 or 1945 shillings in proof.

 

Thank you. You can buy the James if you want (hint).

Running short of imaged shillings here.
1911 proof


A pair of Charles I F3/1 shillings, the left one genuine and the other not. Obverses and reverses shown to compare the differences. 14 or 15 years ago there was a spate of copies appearing in the market which were eventually traced to a few people in the north of England, in Blackpool and West Yorkshire.

I acquired the left hand coin on ebay in 2004, so the copies were likely made around the turn of the millennium. The difference is that the left one weighs 5.79g and the copies anything from 4.2 to 5.3g. They are also porous in appearance, being casts. The copies are made from 2 halves joined together resulting in a seam around the edge. Identification is made easier because the flan is slightly wavy at 6 o'clock, so you get a distinct view of the join in the notch where there is insufficient metal on the obverse half due to a raised lump on the mould due to the depression in the flan. I wrote an article to this effect in the Numismatic Circular in 2010. Other coins were copied, but I don't have images of them to hand and this is a shilling thread.

 

My first Charles Shilling!
1638-1639 Tower mint, Shilling, Gp F, mm. anchor (flukes to left on rev.), small bust, 5.98g/9h (Sharp 3/1; N 2230; S 2796)

 

Nice

 

Thanks @A Novice for this old thread

 

You know, I really love this shilling and will pit it up against virtually any as the finest Victorian shilling I have seen as it is well struck with in-hand very reflective surfaces. To boot, it is a very rare date: 1863/1

 

This shilling is a recent purchase and is an Irish Gunmoney shilling of James II dated
1690.


And his Nemesis William III


1 Shilling 1696 C. SilVER. KM 485.3. Spink 3499. Ex BACS Germany

 

And a few more.

Philip and Mary (1554-1558), Shilling, undated, full titles and mark of value, 6.08g/11h (N 1967; S 2498). Ex Dix Noonan Webb



KM# 583.2; Sp# 3703; Silver 6.01 g.; George II 1745 Lima ex-Katz.


Ex-Heritage AUCTION NO 232130

 

My first "scarce" variety shilling I bought. I only bought it because it was a high grade 1921 which is very tough to find. Only found out about the variety later.

 

A couple of shillings which I recently purchased for only 14 euros, the 1913 in EF condition. I will send better, larger, pix tomorrow

 

I'd like to get a gun metal piece or two some day. The only time I saw it in an auction, the seller had an arm and a leg reserve price on it.

 

1913 shilling - one of the rarer dates

 

And the reverse

 

My newest pickup and one I suspected I would be waiting years to find. Turned up sooner than expected. Very please with it.

 

What a beautiful example! Great purchase.

 

Beautiful. Aside from the testoon of Henry 8th, I think this is the earliest shilling one can get? I've never seen one in such nice shape as this.

Merely out of curiosity, how long have you been looking for one and how long did it actually take to find?

 

Here is a nice one, possibly hard to improve on:


1889 SmallHead Shilling, PCGS MS66

 

Henry's son Edward VI is the earliest.

Here's my example:



As far as how long I've been looking for the Philip & Mary, I started the set in March of 2020. So technically since then. The more surprising thing to be was that I found one at both a condition I wanted at a price I could afford.

 

Yes, I had forgotten Ed VI. Thats a very nice specimen although I'm not familiar enough with the population of Edward VI shillings to know exactly how rare they are in those grades.

Also I recall that minor silver may have been debased during that period. I did bid on an Ed VI crown once but that's abt it.