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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Omegaraptor, post: 24584041, member: 76105&quot;]Beautiful piece. Early milled sixpences seem to be tougher to find in general than shillings, but it really depends on the monarch.</p><p><br /></p><p>The South Sea Company issue is worth a discussion as well as it is generally the most common George I issue for sixpence and shillings. It was founded as a joint-stock company with the intention of trading slaves to Spanish lands in central and south America as well as Arctic whaling. The company&#039;s stock drastically rose in price due to speculation before crashing in 1720. Isaac Newton owned significant amount of SSC stock when the bubble burst. The company did continue to exist, and after discovery of large amounts of silver in Indonesia the SSC issue was struck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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