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ENGLISH
SILVER
Maurice Bull
9 781907 427503
Cover design: Russell Whittle - [email protected]
2015
ENGLISH SILVER COINAGE
from 1649
ENGLISH
SILVER COINAGE
from 1649
BY
MAURICE BULL
LONDON
English Silver Coinage 1649-1949 by H. A. Seaby
First Edition 1949
English Silver Coinage from 1649 by P. A. Rayner
Second edition 1957
Third (Revised) Edition 1968
Fourth (Revised) Edition 1974
English Silver Coinage from 1649
Fifth (Revised) Edition by P. A. Rayner 1992
Sixth (Revised) Edition by Maurice Bull 2015
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system
or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or
otherwise, without the prior written permission of Spink & Son Ltd.
ISBN 978-1-907427-50-3
© 2015
Spink & Son Ltd.
69 Southampton Row
London WC1B 4ET
www.spink.com
CONTENTS
ESC Page
Introduction v-viii
Preface ix
Acknowledgements x-xi
History of the Milled Coinage xii-xiv
Commonwealth Introduction 1
1649-60 Crowns 1-14 2-4
Halfcrowns 15-68 5-11
Shillings 69-176 12-19
Sixpences 177-223 20-24
Maundy types 224-230 25
Cromwell Introduction 26
1656-58 Crowns 240-250 27-29
Halfcrowns 251-253 30
Shillings 254-259 31
Sixpences 260-264 32-33
vi
CONTENTS
ESC Page
George III Nine pence Bank Tokens 2183-2185 315
1760-1820 Sixpences 2186-2228 316-321
Maundy types 2229-2299 322-329
vii
CONTENTS
ESC Page
George V Introduction 487-488
1910-36 Crowns 3630-3676 489-493
Double Florins 3677-3708 494-497
Halfcrowns 3709-3754 498-501
Florins 3755-3798 502-504
Shillings 3799-3858 505-509
Octorinos 3859-3870 510
Sixpences 3871-3925 511-515
Threepences 3926-3969 516-518
Maundy 3970-3997 819-520
viii
PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION
This completely revised edition of The English Silver Coinage came about
as a result of a talk with Philip Skingley (Spink Numismatic Publications), when he
asked if I would consider a long overdue update of the work by Alan Rayner. The
last update was in 1992 when letter suffixes were used to record new additions. He
suggested I re-number everything in order to remove the confusing letter suffixes.
After a few unsuccessful attempts with new formats etc., this is the result.
Another major decision was what to include that had not been recorded
before. After consultation with numerous collectors and knowledgeable persons I
decided that this work should be a reference of ALL known silver coins both
available and unavailable to collectors, i.e. a record of proofs and patterns of the
greatest rarity. Thanks to the computer, the opportunity to profusely illustrate
specimens and enlargements of die varieties has been possible. Unfortunately,
some varieties, especially on smaller coins, are not photogenic taken from
publications. I decided to list, as many as possible, every recorded coin at the back
of the book under ‘Provenances’ to show where an illustration is available. This
has the added benefit of proving the existence of many rare examples. A small
number have not been located either because of rarity, or being too common to
have been illustrated in publications.
Prior to 1816, when the reducing machine was introduced and dies were
copied from a master die, they were individually made by hand, and no two dies
were truly identical. This is not intended to be a finite record, but simply to show
the major, and, some minor recognised varieties. Some, so-called, varieties have
been delisted where they are considered to be the result of striking, damaged or
filled dies and not true die-sinker’s errors, i.e. missing stops, un-barred letters and
edge inscriptions caused by slippage of the collar segments.
Maurice Bull
2013
ix
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Finally I must confess this sixth Edition (revised and updated in a new
format) would not have been possible without the knowledge and dedicated work
of Alan Rayner, to whom I am deeply grateful, and for the input by a number of
collectors in their specialised fields.
I must give a very special thanks to Steve Hill for privately taking the
time to proof read and correct my many mistakes and for his valuable suggestions
to improve the text and imagery.
Maurice Bull
2015
xi
HISTORY OF MILLED COINAGE
ELIZABETH I
First use of the mill and screw press in England
Despite the coins being technically and artistically superior to those made
by hand, years of bitter opposition from mint workers who feared for their jobs
finally drove the machine’s inventor, Eloye Mestrelle, to seek employment at the
Tower Mint in London in 1561. There he was allowed to set up and demonstrate
his machinery, being paid the rather miserly salary of twenty-five pounds per
annum. During the period from 1561 to 1572 he struck the following
denominations. In gold: half-pound, crown, and halfcrown: and in silver: shilling,
sixpence, fourpence, threepence, twopence and three-farthings.
Mestrelle’s shilling
The gold coins are extremely rare and it is doubtful if they circulated in
any quantity. The silver shillings were struck only in small numbers, but the
sixpences, struck nearly every year between 1561 and 1571, are relitively common
and display such numerous variations in the style of portraiture, mint-mark and
diameter that a considerable number of dies is indicated. The fourpence,
threepence and halfgroat are considerably scarcer than the sixpences and only a
very few specimens of the three-farthings are known. In all, a very considerable
number of coins must have been struck. Also known are several superb patterns in
gold and silver from dies engraved by Derick Anthiony.
xii
HISTORY OF MILLED COINAGE
CHARLES I
Further experiments with mill machinery by Nicholas Briot
It is to Charles’ fine artistic taste and his intense desire to improve the
poor quality of portraiture and striking of coins that we owe the employment in
London of Nicholas Briot, one of the most brilliant artists and die cutters of his
time. Like Mestrelle, he was of French origin, having spent some years working at
the Paris Mint amid continuous hostility towards the mill and screw machinery, of
which he was a staunch advocate. In 1628 he was allowed to set up machinery in
the Tower Mint, and at once began to make a number of superb pattern pieces of
an artistic and technical standard not previously achieved.
Apart from his outstanding qualities as an artist, his refinement over the
machinery used by Mestrelle consisted of a circular collar which prevented the
blank from spreading unevenly when struck, thus producing coins of a neater and
rounder appearance bearing a fuller impression of the dies than had hitherto been
possible. Portraiture on the hammered coins improved under his influence,
although coins were still struck in a disgracefully shoddy fashion.
N. Briot’s
1st milled
Crown
(D.J. Van Roekel 42)
xiii
HISTORY OF MILLED COINAGE
Briot’s first milled issue consisted in gold of an angel, unite, double crown
and crown, and in silver of a crown (see illustration above), halfcrown, shilling,
sixpence, halfgroat and penny. These were struck between July 1631 and July
1632, some coins having in addition to the mintmark B, a flower or rose, the mark
in use on the hammered coins at this time.
N. Briot’s
Halfcrown
struck at York
c. 1643
(Bull 557)
xiv
COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND
1649-1660
In 1642, at the beginning of the Civil War, Parliament seized the Tower
Mint but continued to strike coins in the name of Charles I and with his portrait.
After the king’s execution Parliament ordered coins to be made in the name of the
Commonwealth and for the first time the inscriptions in English tongue. The types
of all the denominations were uniform, except for the half-penny, and were very
commonplace: the three smallest pieces bear no legend. The only variation is a
change in the mintmark: until 1657 it was a sun, after that date an anchor; all
pieces with this latter mintmark are rare.
1
COMMONWEALTH, 1649-60
CROWNS
Inverted N
Blundered E A
2
COMMONWEALTH, 1649-60
CROWNS
Standard design with value shown as • V •
Rev. Value · V · above conjoined shields; the cross of St George left and
the Irish harp right with date above in the legend
Leg. GOD WITH VS
Spink 3214
(Old ESC)
ESC Date Varieties, remarks, etc R
4 1
1 1649 All Ns over inverted Ns R
2 — Thin wire-line inner circle, and R5 2
inverted N in ENGLAND
3 1651 All Ns over inverted Ns R4 3
4 1652 All Ns over inverted Ns Many subtle die varieties R 4
5 — All Ns over inverted Ns Very large 2/1 R3 5
6 1653 All Ns over inverted Ns Many subtle die varieties N 6
7 — All Ns over inverted Ns Rev. A for V in VS R3 6A
8 1654 All normal Ns R3 7
9 — All normal Ns Rev. A for V in VS R3 7A
10 1656 Large round 6 possibly over 4 Rev. A for V in VS R2 8
Blundered E A in COMMONWEALTH
2nd N inverted in ENGLAND
11 — Small 6/4 All normal Ns R2 8A
12 — Small 6/4 All normal Ns Rev. A for V in VS S 9
13 — Small 6/4 2nd N over inverted N in ENGLAND S 9
Rev. A for V in VS
14 — Large 6 over small 6 over 4 Rev. A for V in VS R3 8A
2nd N over inverted N in ENGLAND
Note
There are many sub-varieties of these crowns; most notable in the size of the
numerals, alignment of the legends and spacing of the date relative to the value etc.
This is inherent in individually handmade coinage.
A challenge to make a full die study awaits someone with time and patience
3
COMMONWEALTH, 1649-60
CROWNS
FABRICATION
Caveat
There are many contemporary and modern forgeries of this series,
including some with a copper core, e.g., 1653 (Baldwin’s cabinet)
Typical example
(Provenance Spink Auction 147, lot 531)
ANCHOR
xxx 1660 Tooled to alter date from 1652 to 1660
and mintmark Sun to Anchor
Normal N in COMMONWEALTH
Ns over inverted Ns in ENGLAND (Unique?)
4
COMMONWEALTH, 1649-60
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