I've got a Charles I Shilling

[Chris Perkins 228]

Tomgoodheart will probably want to see this. It's holed but not that awful all things considered. It has a crown mint mark. I haven't worked out which Spink number it is yet!

[Rob 3,228]

I haven't worked out which Spink number it is yet!

Sharp E2/2, S2791

[Chris Perkins 228]

Thanks. I'll wait and see if TomGoodheart wants it. If not, I'll send it to my hammered friend. I also have a quite nice 1624 shilling.

[TomGoodheart 444]

Hi Chris. Thanks for thinking of me! Sadly this type isn't one of the rarities I'm still looking for but nice enough! I'm afraid it's value to me would be as a 'pocket piece' (to show people who ask what a Chas I shilling looks like) so I expect you'd get more from your friend. That said, feel free to PM or email me with a price if you like.

Date 1635-1636 by the way. Shame it can't tell us where it's been for the last 370 odd years!

[Chris Perkins 228]

£20 and it's yours. Or is that too much? I don't really know about pricing hammered, and how badly the hole affects things.

[scottishmoney 51]

Pricing this with a hole. It is a nicer piece without it, and still nice with it. The hole is small and not on the portrait either. Surprising many of these Charles I coins were so pierced, it is conjectured that they may have been so pierced to wear on a chain or necklace by Royalists supporters, especially during the era of the Roundheads etc. when you could not be obviously a Royal supporter.

[TomGoodheart 444]

I think on ebay it'd make £20 - £30 so £20 is a fair price. But to me as an 'extra' I'd be looking to pay quite a bit less because it's just be a whimsical purchase to pass it on to a friend. I've been looking for a shilling as a gift for him for a few quid so the hole is neither here nor there to me. But then I was only thinking of spending up to £10! As I said, you'd likely get more from your friend.

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[Chris Perkins 228]

I got it for £10, so I'll send it to my friend at coinsforsale.co.uk.

[TomGoodheart 444]

I'm sure he'll find a home for it and a bit of profit. But thanks for thinking of me Chris!

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