Lot 2174
Great Britain. Shilling, 1656. S.3217; ESC-995. The Commonwealth, 1649-1660. Mintmark, Sun. Pleasant grey and blue tone. Exceptional flan, almost perfectly round, no cracks or flaws worth mentioning, delightful impression of the dies on both sides. British bidders should consider this "mysterious MS61" to be a really nice, Good EF specimen. Worth a bid far in excess of the £300 Spink places on a VF coin of this date. To figure a sensible bid, consider this: if the coin is worth about $600 in VF, but the VF price of £300 is almost triple the Fine price of £135 (in the Spink guide book), what should a super-nice EF be worth? Three times VF price? More? Only the bidding will decide, but once sold this coin will be very difficult to replace with an equally nice example! We think our estimate is conservative, especially in light of how hot nice hammered coins are in the UK market. NGC graded MS-61.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250.
The Cheshire Collection.
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