A Die Study of James I Shillings – Second Issue, mm Tower – Gary Oddie and Michael Thompson

This note continues the die studies of James I shillings, working backwards through the mintmarks of the second issue. Here the mintmark Tower is presented – issued 22nd May 1612 to 28th April 1613. With just 21 specimens found struck from 12 obverse and 11 reverse dies, including four legend variations, the coverage is 0.71 and there are likely to be a total of around 21 obverse and 20 reverse dies.

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