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H811 -
Philip and Mary
(1554-1558), Shilling, 5.88g., no date, full titles, with mark of value, no m.m.,
facing busts of Philip II of Spain and Mary, a crown above, PHILIP ET MARIA D G R ANG FR NEAP PR HISP, rev., oval crowned
garnished shield with arms of the Spanish Possessions and England, mark of
value above, POSVIMVS DEVM ADIVTOREM NOSTRVM (N.1967; S.2498), fair, even
wear, portraits and regal titles still discernible. $295
SALE $195 SOLD
These fine silver issues remained in
circulation as accepted currency until the Great Recoinage of 1696. Judging
from the amount of honest wear on this particular coin it must have remained
in circulation well into the seventeenth century. |
