A Die Study of James I Shillings – Second Issue, mm Trefoil – Gary Oddie

This note continues the die studies of James I shillings, working backwards through the mintmarks of the second issue. Here the mintmark Trefoil is presented – issued 28th April 1613 to 20th October 1613. Though a scarce mintmark, six different obverse legends have been found (so far). With just one die pair duplicate the statistics are poor, suggesting there are many more dies to be found.

An Unrecorded Anne Shilling Overdate – 1703/2 – Gary Oddie

This note presents a 1703 VIGO shilling of Queen Anne with an unrecorded overdate 3 over 2. My thanks go to Alan Worby of MH Coins for the images and permission to publish. This prompted a quick search to see if any other specimens could be found. Online archives produced images of 74 specimens of sufficient quality to allow a die study of the reverse dies. A statistical analysis of the 16 different dies suggests that the die count is likely almost complete.

A False Greyhound Countermark Revisited – Gary Oddie

The coin presented here is a base shilling of Edward VI with a greyhound countermark that was recently offered for sale at auction without provenance and then withdrawn. The author recognised the piece as ex R.C. Lockett and traces its earlier provenance back through H. Webb Jr, T. Bliss and R.A. Hoblyn in 1906. Genuine countermarks are presented for comparison and other specimens with the false countermark are presented from F. Pridmore, the Forgery Cabinet at Baldwin’s and the British Museum. The latter has a ticket connecting the piece to the well-known counterfeiter and creator of concoctions in the early 1840s, Edward Emery.

A Die Study of James I Shillings – Second Issue, mm Book – Gary Oddie

Previous die studies have covered the third issue shillings (mintmarks Spur Rowel, Rose, Thistle, Lis and Trefoil) and the second issue (mintmark Plain Cross). This note tackles another of the rarer mintmarks, the Book, sometimes called Book on Lectern. The three obverse and two reverse dies were more than sufficient to strike the silver that resulted in the 9s 2d at the Trial of the Pyx on 15th May 1618. PREVIOUS ARTICLES BY GARY ODDIE ON JAMES I … A Die Study of James I Shillings – Second Issue, mm Plain Cross (Link) A Die Study of James I Shillings – Third Issue, mm Spur Rowell (Link) A Die Study of James I Shillings – Third Issue, Sixth Bust, mm Rose (Link) A Die Study of James I Shillings – Third Issue, Sixth Bust, mm Lis (Link) A Die Study of James I Shillings – Third Issue, Sixth Bust, mm Thistle (Link) A Die Study of James I Shillings –

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William Clowes and the Tokens For The King’s Evil – Gary Oddie

Much has already been written about the numismatic aspects of the King’s Evil. The gold angels of Charles I especially struck and pierced for the ceremony and the admission tickets and gold touch pieces of the time of Charles II and later are well known, but no convincing candidates for the earliest documented admission tokens have been put forward. This note will present three possible admission tokens used for the touching ceremony of Charles I.