Finally got 'round to scanning the James I shilling I picked up in Charlotte
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I thought it was a neat piece, and I had actually never had any King James coins before (at least, to my memory).
Bought this one for its large flan and nice clear portrait. What's rather striking is the contrast in size between this half-dollar sized hammered 1603-1604 shilling, in comparison to a 1696 milled shilling I bought the same day, which is roughly the size of a quarter.
The faint old graffiti on the obverse (which looks like a Roman numeral III) didn't bother me much, particularly as it kept the pricetag of this coin down in the mid two-figures instead of up into the the three-figures.
England: James I shilling, First Coinage, circa 1603-4, Spink-2646, North-2073. Mintmark: thistle.
Stuff like this has an appeal to me that transcends its modest dollar value, and even noncollectors can find a coin like this interesting. I took it to work and showed it to a few folks, explaining to them that the King James on the coin was the same King James who had the bible translated, and for whom the "King James Version" is named.
Bought this one for its large flan and nice clear portrait. What's rather striking is the contrast in size between this half-dollar sized hammered 1603-1604 shilling, in comparison to a 1696 milled shilling I bought the same day, which is roughly the size of a quarter.
The faint old graffiti on the obverse (which looks like a Roman numeral III) didn't bother me much, particularly as it kept the pricetag of this coin down in the mid two-figures instead of up into the the three-figures.
England: James I shilling, First Coinage, circa 1603-4, Spink-2646, North-2073. Mintmark: thistle.
Stuff like this has an appeal to me that transcends its modest dollar value, and even noncollectors can find a coin like this interesting. I took it to work and showed it to a few folks, explaining to them that the King James on the coin was the same King James who had the bible translated, and for whom the "King James Version" is named.
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PCGS VF-20 issued 1606-7
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Speaking of James I, do you ever regret selling that old Britain crown you had? That was the only piece of hammered gold I remember you having.
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<< <i>I think I was around when you bought yours, which is interesting, considering you were at my elbow when I bought this one.
Speaking of James I, do you ever regret selling that old Britain crown you had? That was the only piece of hammered gold I remember you having. >>
It is interesting that we were both at hand when James Shillings were bought!
I don't really regret having sold the gold Crown, it was a neat coin as all hammered gold is, but there are very few coins I really regret selling.
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