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<p>[QUOTE="PaddyB, post: 7666320, member: 40017"]I know of no official answer why shillings and sixpences were so much scarcer in the second half of the 17th century. I would hazard a guess that the demand was lower as they fell between two stools: the rich could afford to carry half crowns and crowns, the poor used the coppers or the small denomination silver. (1, 2, 3 and 4 pence silver coins were all issued for circulation at this time, though today we tend to think of them as Maundy.)</p><p><br /></p><p>On the mint marks on the 1696 coinage - London, with no mint mark, is the commonest. All the letters seem to be equally common to each other at 2 to 3 times the value of the London coins. Much more emphasis in price comes from the varieties found, of which there are lots! So, for example, the commonest London shilling might be listed at £30 in Fine, the standard letter (mostly 1st bust) coins at £70 or £80, but turn up a third bust with letter "y" for York or "E" for Exeter and we are over the £1000 mark.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PaddyB, post: 7666320, member: 40017"]I know of no official answer why shillings and sixpences were so much scarcer in the second half of the 17th century. I would hazard a guess that the demand was lower as they fell between two stools: the rich could afford to carry half crowns and crowns, the poor used the coppers or the small denomination silver. (1, 2, 3 and 4 pence silver coins were all issued for circulation at this time, though today we tend to think of them as Maundy.) On the mint marks on the 1696 coinage - London, with no mint mark, is the commonest. All the letters seem to be equally common to each other at 2 to 3 times the value of the London coins. Much more emphasis in price comes from the varieties found, of which there are lots! So, for example, the commonest London shilling might be listed at £30 in Fine, the standard letter (mostly 1st bust) coins at £70 or £80, but turn up a third bust with letter "y" for York or "E" for Exeter and we are over the £1000 mark.[/QUOTE]
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