English Shilling collectors?

A few shillings as follows:

Edward VI 60 grains 8oz bust 1 shilling with transposed legends.


James I 3rd coinage shilling with mm. Lis and a plume above the shield signifying it was struck in Welsh silver.


Charles I group D shilling, Sharp E5/2 with mm. tun indicating it was struck 1636-8, but in this case towards the end of the period as it utilises the 'Aberystwyth' bust.

 

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A few more.

1645 Newark siege piece.


1643 shilling struck at Oxford.



Charles II 3rd hammered issue - the last hammered coinage struck in Britain.

 

And a few milled.

Cromwell



A wrong un. William III 1697y 1st bust shilling with the French and Irish shields transposed. The only shield in the correct position for coin alignment being the French one. i.e. all the others are rotated displaced, and the date is at 9 o'clock.



A 1723 SSC 1st bust shilling.

 

@robp Awesome pieces! That Newarke seige piece makes me jelly. . .

 

What an amazing collection.

 

Some exceptionnal examples around there, thanks for sharing

Q

 

Okay, I've changed my mind. I've decided to collect one of each type of English, British, and Scottish shillings (when I can find them) from each monarch. I just received the 2021 Spink to use as a guide.

Question for you more experienced collectors: Who are good reliable dealers/sellers of British, English, and Scottish coinage?

 

A couple people have already posted one of these Philip and Mary shillings in better condition, but if I had been an English citizen at this time, I would not have been happy with this. Spain was already becoming rival for England and now you have the King of Spain married to the Queen of England, who was born to Spanish royalty. Any children they would have produced probably would have been raised to be loyal to Spain first.

Forget the fact that there was a promise that Philip would not become king if Mary died first. The fact is, if I had been British, I would have felt like England was headed toward becoming a Spanish satellite.

Add to that the fact Mary ordered almost 300 people to burned at the stake for their religious views. "Bloody Mary" is one of my least favorite British monarchs.

 

No doubt Mary was very unpopular, and her marriage to Philip even more so, but she was hardly alone in putting a huge number of people to death! Her father Henry VIII, her half brother Edward VI and her half sister Elizabeth I all did pretty well at topping anyone that disagreed with them. A good time to keep a low profile.

 

'tis good to be King....or Queen.

 

Thanks so much...Where do I find these for sale? I assume the older ones are quite pricey.

 

Here's one.

ENGLAND Charles I Posthumous Issue in name of Charles II Shilling 1648 Pontefract

The third Civil War siege of Pontefract lasted from Oct. 1648 to 22 March 1648 old style /1649 new style, almost 2 months after Charles I's execution on 30 Jan. 1648/9. Under the old style Julian Calendar the New Year in England started on 25 March, Lady Day. The last coins were issued in the name of his son as Charles II.

 

Nice!

 

@talerman Amazing piece!!

 

Thanks, I'll keep an eye out for it --or another one.

 

I think these are my only Shillings, both Edward VI:

 

1889 and 1925 shillings. Sorry for my poor camera quality.

 

I do just that. More specifically I work on this PCGS registry set.

Europe, British Shillings Type Set, Circulation Strikes (1660-1966) All Time Set: The Monarch's Dozen (pcgs.com)




I am also working on a full date run of the GV shillings. 1911 - 1936