Tudors and Stuarts

Including Cromwell and The Commonwealth.

Privy Mark Crown on the Sixpences of Elizabeth I – by Walter Wilkinson

The earliest of five crown (“coronet”) privy marks has been found to consist of two separate punches.  These are the main body and a central part taking the form of a lis.  It is suggested that the lis was struck first in error, the die sinker believing that the newly introduced lis privy mark on Mestrelle’s milled series also applied to the hammered coins. CLICK HERE TO READ THE RESEARCH NOTE To provide comments on the article please scroll down to the bottom of this page.

Confirmation of a Previously Noted Variety of a Charles I Tower Shilling by David Holt.

A Charles I Tower Mint shilling Sharp Type D2/2 mint mark harp was mentioned by Michael Sharp as existing in the 1989 edition of the British Numismatic Journal (59) Page 214.  A photograph of the coin was not included in the article, nor was any provenance given, and no example has come to light in the 29 years since publication until very recently. Consequently, this variety was omitted from the Holt/Hulett/Lyall Tower Mint shilling update paper published in the 2014 edition of the BNJ as proof of existence was not established. An example recently came up for sale in a provincial auction and is now in a private collection; it is illustrated in this research note. CLICK HERE TO READ THE RESEARCH NOTE To provide comments on the article please scroll down to the bottom of this page.