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Auction 22117 27 Jun 2022
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Charles II (1660-1685), Shilling, 1669 over 6, first laureate and draped bust variety right, rev. four crowned shields cruciform, obliquely milled edge, 5.61g, 6h (Murchison 397 = Montagu 810 = Murdoch 602; Woodhouse 326; Dalzell 82 = Pywell-Phillips 58 same dies; Shimmin (1983), pp. 232; Bull 515 [R6]; ESC 1031; Spink 3372), two overt scratches on reverse, and light surface porosity, otherwise toned, strictly good, excessively rare.
The only other example of this rare coin to be offered at auction in the last 20 years was from the Lord Hamilton of Dalzell collection (Spink 3, March 1979, lot 82) which was reoffered in the Pywell-Phillips collection (Spink 257, 30-31 October 2018, lot 58). Not surprisingly, the two coins are from the same dies.
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Shimmin's 1983 article (SCMB, Vol. 781, pp. 231-233), furthers this with his then observation: "The only occasion Seaby's have offered a 1669 Shilling (an extreme rarity) in the Bulletin within the last 34 years was in February 1948, when a piece graded about fine on the obverse and mediocre on the reverse, was priced at £12.50 (quite a lot of money in 1948)".
Estimate: £400 - £600
The only other example of this rare coin to be offered at auction in the last 20 years was from the Lord Hamilton of Dalzell collection (Spink 3, March 1979, lot 82) which was reoffered in the Pywell-Phillips collection (Spink 257, 30-31 October 2018, lot 58). Not surprisingly, the two coins are from the same dies.
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Shimmin's 1983 article (SCMB, Vol. 781, pp. 231-233), furthers this with his then observation: "The only occasion Seaby's have offered a 1669 Shilling (an extreme rarity) in the Bulletin within the last 34 years was in February 1948, when a piece graded about fine on the obverse and mediocre on the reverse, was priced at £12.50 (quite a lot of money in 1948)".
Estimate: £400 - £600