My New Edward VI Hammered Shilling

Edward VI hammered shilling (12 pence)

I think its 1550's

Its a big coin!!

If you could give any information on it, that'd be great!

Let me know what you think!

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

That is a big ol coin, I'm used to seeing small ones.

 

haha I thought my Elizabeth I sixpence was big and when I took this out the envelope I was like

Well its big for a coin of that age anyway.

 

I would recommend some latex gloves. My hands are filthy, yours may be cleaner so you might not need them. Very cool coin though, I would love to get my hands on some that old with all the historical value.

 

Its a 500 year old coin thats probably recently been dug out the ground.

 

I got it reasonably cheap anyway so its fine.

 

edward vi sat on the throne from 1547 to 1553. the obvese of your coin says EDWARD VI D G AGL FRA Z HIB REX which means "Edward VI by the Grace of God King of England, France and Ireland" and the reverse says
POSUI DEU ADIUTORE MEUM which means "I have made God my helper." that reverse was used from 1551-1553.

 

Thanks for the info Brant.

 

forgot to mention... NICE COIN!

 

haha thanks.

 

It amazes me sometimes just how knowledgable some of the CT community is. To Swish513-that is darn good researching.

To Frank Venn, very nice coin. It has character.:thumb:

 

I'm to lazy to bother to research it.

 

thank you. i wasn't the only one with extra info...

 

Very attractive coin. My congratulations.

 

Thanks, I really love this coin. I want to start collecting Edward VI shillings but its an expensive coin to collect for a 16 year old.

 

I would dispute that on the grounds that the Testoon, which was first issued under Henry VII (1485-1509) was a 12d coin and I can't imagine that it was not referred to as a shilling when the shilling had been used as a unit of account for nearly a thousand years before that....

 

Thanks a lot

 

I am not convinced of the authenticity of this coin. At the very least, it has been polished and cleaned - the color is far too light for a coin this old.

The hammered shillings are generally very crude, with rough irregular edges, off center strikes, and missing designs. Well centered, perfectly round coins are incredibly rare. The Chinese have been counterfeiting these old shillings, like everything else, so I would get that authenticated by a professional before congratulating you on an excellent buy.

If you got it for a very low price, that would make me all the more suspicious, because Edward VI shillings are in very high demand, and a specimen as perfectly centered and round as yours would go for quite a bit. Sorry to be the wet blanket here.