Charles II. 1660-1685. AR shilling. 5.96 gm. 24.5 mm. 1684. Fourth bust right, older features / Cruciform shields, interlocked C's in angles. S. 3381. ESC 559. Good Very Fine; dark tone with a yellow-brown cast (suggestive of smoke damage), some marks on obverse; extra elements in front of the forehead are in the die as well as extra marks on the reverse (these same extra lines are visible on the Slaney piece, the Spink plate coin); there are two depressions in the obverse field (nothing corresponding on the reverse).

The Frank Robinson Collection.

Bull (ESC) notes: "It has been suggested that the normal dies were lost in the Great Fire of London and the guinea die had to be used."