1697 Sixpence. Love Token.

[oldsoapy]

Second visit after the harvest. Stubble still very hard work, resulting in low finds rate, Only thing of any note found being the William 111, sixpence bent to make into a Love Token.
Love Tokens - A Crooked Sixpence

Hutch.

 

[oldsoapy]

I don't think any of us mind questions like this, I was just a little rude & replied for him. (hopefully he won't mine)

No probs mate. interestingly it seems quite a rare beast. also known as "the Northumberland shilling" try Googleing it there are numerous references to it - also beware there are known "Fakes" about. if it's real it is worth a good deal of money. Good luck with it. Hutch

 

[CRUSADER]

No probs mate. interestingly it seems quite a rare beast. also known as "the Northumberland shilling" try Googleing it there are numerous references to it - also beware there are known "Fakes" about. if it's real it is worth a good deal of money. Good luck with it. Hutch

I have no experience of these, but a fake crossed my mind, a couple of times, the condition & the line around the edge worries me. Needs an expert eye, for once this one is not obivious either way (to me anyway).

 

[oldsoapy]

Nice find my friend!
One queston:
I've got this, similar that yours.
I got it from a friend of mine. Is this rare?

Tarinis. here is a link with the specifications of the 1763 shilling. Hutch.
Coin - Shilling, George III, Great Britain, 1763 - Museum Victoria

 

[Taranis]

Thanks Hutch!

Edge Description:

diagonal milled, ///

Mine is simply, but the size and weight correct