English Shilling collectors?

Insanely nice. I like the top left the most....it catches your eye.

 

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Thanks! That one is my favorite, and my first. I received this book yesterday. It has been a tremendous source of information!

 

Commonwealth Shilling
1651
S. 3217

 

Nice! I’ve looked into those, and may have to skip. They are quite expensive!

 

I am lucky. It was a gift from my Dad, many Christmases ago. It is ex Davissons. Circa 2002

 

My oldest shilling


Charles I (1625-1649) - shilling
5th bust, tun (1636-1638)
Ref : Spink # 2794

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Actually, I've a 1560/1561 undated that I bought from Frank Robinson many years ago. It has a small nick but otherwise is a F or VF. I bought it as a pair with a nice no problems 1594 VI pence also around VF. The pair cost me $40.

I'm sure I never photographed them but will try to do so. The shillings in general are very neat as they're coins that obviously circulated commercially a lot in England.

 

I'm thinking of trying to build a set, by monarch, from 1970 back as far as possible, of Scottish Shillings. You have stoked the fire and I have begun my search! Thank you!

 

It really has been a blast. Good luck to you!

 

Edward VI shilling

 

A few hammered shillings from my set:

 

Some more of mine
















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Those are so nice! Very envious here!

 

Ummm, I have spent about 30 years collecting late milled pre-decimal (1839-1970) and can help with any question (probably). I won't compete but perhaps will show a few if you'd like...

This is a pattern nickel 1924 shilling that didn't photograph well (graded PCGS66)

 

I think my favorite reverse on a late milled shilling has to be the veiled head Victoria.

 

George I
1723
South Sea Silver Shilling

 

The commonwealth is my personal favourite.

 

The creme de la creme of english shillings

 

Since I collect one or a few coins from each king or queen, with an emphasis on finding a gold piece, shillings are hit and miss with me. I do have a few.

This is the oldest shillingI have, and Edward VI shilling. Edward VI was the son Henry VIII spent most of his adult life trying to have. He was well educated and admired for his intelligence but had a weak body. He died at age 15.

This shilling is fairly common, but they don’t often come this nice. Despite the fact that I had spent the big bucks for an Edward VI gold piece, I couldn’t pass this coin up when I saw it.



Charles II. I have always liked this design with Charles' profile. With his little mustache, he looks like the ladies’ man that he was. He is credited with fathering 16 illegitimate children. The ironic part is that he didn’t have any children with the queen. As a result of that, the crown passed to his brother, James II when Charles II died. That ended in a bloodless coup, “The Glorious Revolution,” which removed James from the throne, but caused problems for England in later years.



And here is poor Queen Anne on a shilling. She tried very hard to have an heir, but the closest she got was a 12 year old boy who died. She had numerous miscarriages. Queen Anne was very heavy. By the time she was in her late 30s, she was so heavy that she could barely walk. We now know that heavy women have a difficult time with pregnancy, but that was no known then.

One of the historian – guides I toured with in London claimed that part of Anne’s problem was with the substitute she found for tea … brandy.



And here is George II on a shilling. George was very interested in military. He was the last British king to lead his troops into battle, the Battle of Dettingen in June 1743, which was during the War of Austrian Seccession.

It was a Hanover tradition that the fathers viewed their sons as fools. George II was no exception. He thought that his son, Fredrick, was a fool from the day he was born. In his youth, Fredrick ran up a lot of debts, including gambling losses, which his father refused to honor. Nevertheless Fredrick was a cultured man who enjoyed sports, literature and the theater, which may have explained why his militaristic father viewed him as a fool.

Fredrick died at age 54 before he became king, which met that the crown skipped a generation. George III was George II's grandson.

 

Here are a couple more.

Here is a 1658 Cromwell shilling. By this time Cromwell was starting to think of himself as a sort of king who might pass his office on to his son. After issuing the Commonwealth coins, which has no portrait on them, Cromwell issued this series of coins.

I almost traded this coin away at one point for a crown, but I could not close the deal with a dealer who probably had too much into his coin.



And I know that you were thinking British when you started this string, but there were "shillings across the pond" in America. Here are examples of the Oak Tree, Large Pine Tree and Small Pine Tree shillings.

Oak Tree Shilling 1660 to 1667



Large Pine Tree Shilling 1667 to 1674



Small Pine Tree Shilling 1674 to 1682