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##### Help with a William III coin. Now with pics!!! #####

Hello,
I picked up a silver 1696 William III coin at a local shop because it was too cool looking to leave behind. I dropped a whole $5 on it and felt it was worth it for the cool factor alone. It measures just over 8/10ths of an inch. Is it a sixpence? Anyone know the Krause number? Thanks, Frank

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  • as cheap as a bottle of coke - wow u got any William III for $5 can we see a photo

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  • OmegaOmega Posts: 1,587 ✭✭✭
    I'll try to get one posted this afternoon.
  • OmegaOmega Posts: 1,587 ✭✭✭
    Here are a couple of pics:
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  • Wow! For $5 you just can't go wrong there. I think you're right about it being a sixpence.

    Sorry, I don't have the Krause number, but I believe it's a Spink 3527. I would wait for a confirmation on that from someone else, though.

    Nice pickup - Congrats!
  • For just $5 you got an incredible piece of history-- a Pirate Era silver coin, and you don't even have to strain your eyes to see the design and legends!
  • OmegaOmega Posts: 1,587 ✭✭✭


    << <i>a Pirate Era silver coin >>

    Too bad Willie got hit with a blunderbuss!
    Does anyone have a guess at it's value? I am just curious. I love it and it isn't going anywhere. Thanks for the Spink number. Is that a more common catalog system for this? As you can tell I am used to Krause.
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,873 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>as cheap as a bottle of coke - wow u got any William III for $5 >>

    Wow, SwK, Coke must be expensive on your side of the pond!

    But yes, a very cheap and worthy purchase! I suspect the two holes are where somebody made a very crude button out of it, or mounted a pinback on it. He might have even given it to his sweetheart- you probably know the little wedding ditty about the sixpence in the shoe.

    Makes y'wonder, doesn't it?

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  • OmegaOmega Posts: 1,587 ✭✭✭
    Anyone have a value guess? And an answer re: Spink # vs. Krause? Thanks, Frank
  • Heres your coin here in an earlier thread Wm lll 6d

    Its difficult to speculate a value being holed as you'll know.
  • RobPRobP Posts: 483 ✭✭
    It's a first draped bust 6d with early harp and large crowns - Spink 3520. It isn't any of the rare obvious varieties listed in Spink but the pictures are a bit fuzzy to be absolutely certain whether the date is 1696/5 or whether the second L could possibly be over an E. The A of GRA looks uncharacteristically large too unless this is due to the angled perspective and the R before it too small. Errors of this type abound in the 1696 recoinage material. Given the holes it is unlikely to ever be worth much more than the few dollars you paid, but as others have mentioned it is over 300 years old - so can't be a bad deal for a small piece of history.

    Re Spink versus Krause, both do what they say on the label. Krause is World Coins and as a general reference is fine as far as it goes whereas Spink is Coins of England. As always, if you want a greater depth of detail in any country's currency the best bet is invariably the local tome - wherever you are in the world. The greatest concentration of collectors of any specific currency is likely to be in that country. They will put in the research effort, collate the results and publish them. You can always find even greater depth in a subject once you bypass the general references and narrow the scope of the coinage.
  • Ahh. After a little closer look, I've learned the difference between the "early harp" and the "later harp".

    I haven't dealt much in the earlier silver, only copper issues so far.

    I guess we all get to learn something today! image
  • OmegaOmega Posts: 1,587 ✭✭✭
    Thanks for the information. I appreciate the education. The history of the coin makes it the best $5 I have spent lately.
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