James Shilling

[robfinds]

Here's the two best finds from this afternoons hunt. Firstly a large medieval buckle, followed later by a large hammered silver coin of James 1st. The coin is weakly struck on the obverse, but otherwise a nice large unclipped coin.
Robert.

 

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[CRUSADER]

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I'm voting Banner on this one

 

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[hammered]

Re: James Shilling Cleaned

Have you id'd it Rob ie which coinage etc, cos it looks very similar to the one I found, but in better nick.

hammered

ps voted too

 

[robfinds]

Re: James Shilling Cleaned

Have you id'd it Rob ie which coinage etc, cos it looks very similar to the one I found, but in better nick.

hammered

ps voted too

It's either 2nd or 3rd coinage hammered

 

[robfinds]

Re: James Shilling Cleaned

I'm voting Banner on this one

cheers Cru, have you been out today ?.

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: James Shilling Cleaned

I'm voting Banner on this one

cheers Cru, have you been out today ?.

just posted

 

[DigginThePast]

Re: James Shilling Cleaned

Nice find and great job on the cleaning.

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: James Shilling Cleaned

Bump.

More need to see this.

Here's the reality on this one; You could (like me) hunt for 20+ years & never get a Shilling of any King/Queen of Britain. These were a huge amount of money at the time, plus a very large coin, therefore they were looked after carefully & not easily lost.

In fact you my hunt your whole life & never see one as nice as this one!

 

[dfx willy]

Re: James Shilling Cleaned

that is a awesome coin!! i think it looks great cleaned. if i found a coin over here like that and did that im sure someone would of chimed in something negative on doing that. now come on cru its your turn to dig one of those babys up willy

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: James Shilling Cleaned

that is a awesome coin!! i think it looks great cleaned. if i found a coin over here like that and did that im sure someone would of chimed in something negative on doing that. now come on cru its your turn to dig one of those babys up willy

I may have jumped in, if he had messed with the patina of the piece. But he did a great job 'cleaning' which to me looks like he ran it under the tap to take off the dirt. So not really a great deal of cleaning done.

As for me getting one, it would be nice, but I bet mine will be all beaten up by the plough (if I'm very lucky). They are a huge chuck of silver.

I know this is mostly a US site, but lets get behind this a little more. He spent the time to share with us, better photos after pressure to get a better camera from his own pocket to share an absolutely top of the shelf hammered. Trust me, Tnet will likely never see a better Shilling in another 20 years of all of us Brits trying our hardest. Simple. I'm not likely to need to eat my words either (although if I did, I would prefer it was me that got it)

 

[Silver Searcher]

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Luck get never found any James1 coinage yet how much bleach did you use

SS

 

[CRUSADER]

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Luck get never found any James1 coinage yet how much bleach did you use

SS

getting voting boyo you know it makes sense I thought it was a Brillo pad he used

 

[Silver Searcher]

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Luck get never found any James1 coinage yet how much bleach did you use

SS

getting voting boyo you know it makes sense I thought it was a Brillo pad he used

It is a very nicely struck coin, a bit weak on the portriate :P but that's usuall for the coinage of the period....yea BANNER

SS

 

[CRUSADER]

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Luck get never found any James1 coinage yet how much bleach did you use

SS

getting voting boyo you know it makes sense I thought it was a Brillo pad he used

It is a very nicely struck coin, a bit weak on the portriate :P but that's usuall for the coinage of the period....yea BANNER

SS

Sweet.
I just have to keep returning & looking at it

 

[robfinds]

Re: James Shilling Cleaned

that is a awesome coin!! i think it looks great cleaned. if i found a coin over here like that and did that im sure someone would of chimed in something negative on doing that. now come on cru its your turn to dig one of those babys up willy

I may have jumped in, if he had messed with the patina of the piece. But he did a great job 'cleaning' which to me looks like he ran it under the tap to take off the dirt. So not really a great deal of cleaning done.

As for me getting one, it would be nice, but I bet mine will be all beaten up by the plough (if I'm very lucky). They are a huge chuck of silver.

I know this is mostly a US site, but lets get behind this a little more. He spent the time to share with us, better photos after pressure to get a better camera from his own pocket to share an absolutely top of the shelf hammered. Trust me, Tnet will likely never see a better Shilling in another 20 years of all of us Brits trying our hardest. Simple. I'm not likely to need to eat my words either (although if I did, I would prefer it was me that got it)

Thanks Cru

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: James Shilling Cleaned

Luck get never found any James1 coinage yet how much bleach did you use

SS

getting voting boyo you know it makes sense I thought it was a Brillo pad he used

It is a very nicely struck coin, a bit weak on the portriate :P but that's usuall for the coinage of the period....yea BANNER

SS

Sweet.
I just have to keep returning & looking at it

I hope you're dropping a sixpence per visit like the rest of us.

 

[romeo-1]

Re: James Shilling Cleaned

That's a real beauty and deserves a spot on the banner!

 

[DMN]

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that is a awesome coin!! i think it looks great cleaned. if i found a coin over here like that and did that im sure someone would of chimed in something negative on doing that. now come on cru its your turn to dig one of those babys up willy

I may have jumped in, if he had messed with the patina of the piece. But he did a great job 'cleaning' which to me looks like he ran it under the tap to take off the dirt. So not really a great deal of cleaning done.

As for me getting one, it would be nice, but I bet mine will be all beaten up by the plough (if I'm very lucky). They are a huge chuck of silver.

I know this is mostly a US site, but lets get behind this a little more. He spent the time to share with us, better photos after pressure to get a better camera from his own pocket to share an absolutely top of the shelf hammered. Trust me, Tnet will likely never see a better Shilling in another 20 years of all of us Brits trying our hardest. Simple. I'm not likely to need to eat my words either (although if I did, I would prefer it was me that got it)

It is indeed banner-worthy. For all the reasons pointed out by Crusader this coins has it all: it's a good (although weak at the minter's hands) strike, it's virtually unblemished by plow or clipping, it's rare to come across in nearly the same manner as a gold coin, and it has terrific history. Not much left to make this banner coin material.

Rob...solid coin. Makes me get a drool bucket just to look at it. You did a fine job 'cleaning' it up as well.

 

[Lil Eagle Eye]

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Awesome coin!

 

[pepperj]

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Now that cleaned up really sweet, great job. Vote's in on this one.

 

[Sgtrock]

Very nice...it does not look like to weak of a strike...

QUESTION: Why would a coin be "clipped" and because this one is not does it increase the value?

Thanks..I apologize for the rookie question.

Be Well.

P.S. I nominated for banner.