Help -- need some Elizabethan coinage for a very special gift!

mirabela

Hi there.

So, a dear friend of mine is getting married. He is a Shakespearean scholar. I wish to give him and his wife a present in the form of a group of coins sufficient to purchase entrance & 2nd level seating (4p per person) at the Globe Theatre ca. 1607, as well as perhaps another 6p for nosegays, stoups of liquor, and so forth. I think it would be more interesting for this to be in the form of a small type set than, say, a pile of halfpennies.

What dealers should I be talking with? High grade is not important here; what is important is that the pieces in the group be things that would actually have been circulating 400 years ago. Basically, I want to buy my friend and his bride an evening at the theater, in the coin of the day.

Help me out ... how much is this going to set me back? What might be the best grouping of coins from the standpoint of interest vs. cost? I would love to work with an expert on this. I don't need the gift until October, so hopefully that's enough time. I can't spend unlimited amounts of money, but up to maybe $300 or so I could do. Is it even possible?

Thanks!

CIVITAS

We've got the 6d covered for you:

http://www.civitasgalleries.com/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi?keywords=ME18917

That's our only Elizabeth in stock right now though.

ajaan

Josh comes highly recommended.

JZrarities

<< <i>Josh comes highly recommended. >>



Agree

DesertRat

I love the idea. sounds like a great gift if you can get it all together!

lordmarcovan

I just picked up a really neat James I shilling (ca. 1603-4, I believe), with a nice sharp portrait and good eye appeal, but it has a bit of light grafitti scratched in the obverse field (looks like a Roman numeral III). I can image it later, if you're interested. I paid $55 for it, which is a pittance compared to what it likely would've cost without the obverse grafitti, which in this case kept the price down.

mirabela

OK, so we've got a 6 pence and a shilling lined up. How about a penny or a tuppence? Or a ha'penny for tips (vails)?

What fun ...

lordmarcovan

TTT, since I really like your idea.

I also wish I had Shakespearean scholar-type friends. 'Round here, it's NASCAR and deer hunting, neither of which appeal to me too much.

Aethelred

<< <i>I also wish I had Shakespearean scholar-type friends. 'Round here, it's NASCAR and deer hunting, neither of which appeal to me too much. >>



Don't forget drinking cold beer! BTW- In this part of the country "cold beer" is one word, you say it "co-beer."

ColinCMR

you could try Ross King
E-mail: rdking@bmts.com

specializes in British coins and is based in ontario, canada

BS

Mirabela, if you're still looking, here's a dealer with some Elizabeth I. Text