Watch List notes:

Edward VI (1547-53), Shilling, 4.97g, Second period, January 1549-April 1550, second issue, Bristol, 1549, m.m. -/TC over G, crowned bust 3 right (Tower die), rev. large garnished shield dividing e r, mdxlix, rosettes in legend (Bristol; Giles Evernett die) (Bispham p.136-7; N.1920; S.2467), in excavated condition with contact marks and some scratches, small stain before bust, this piece, however, preserving exceptionally well this, the original strike far superior to most with one of the most exceptional busts on a second period shilling one will see, silvery hue and on a large, well-centred flan, for this issue extremely fine and one of the great rarities of Edward VI's coinage.
provenance
Found nr. Cerne Abbas, Dorset, April 2015

There were just three examples of the Bristol Second Issue shilling known to Bispham in 1985. One of these is the BM specimen and two in private collections (one the Norweb/Finn specimen). A single example in Bristol Museum, SCBI 19 Bristol and Gloucester, No 179, ex. Lawrence 726, Bt. Seaby 1961 appears to have been missed from this list. Therefore, there are now c. 5 known examples of which just three are available to private collections.
Estimate: £3,000.00 - £5,000.00