Shillings (2) 1697C Third Bust variety ESC 1109, Bull 1173, Fine, unevenly toned, the milling smoothed in places, sea salvaged, from the Wreck of 'The Association', 1699 Fourth Bust 'Flaming Hair' ESC 1116, Bull 1142, Fine, unevenly toned, from the Wreck of 'The Association', the two coins covered by one certificate
Shilling 1697B First Bust, ESC 1095, Bull 1161, Fine/Good Fine, the field a little uneven below MAG, once lightly cleaned, the reverse now colourfully retoned, our archive database stretching back to 2003 shows that we have only previously offered 3 examples, at the time of writing, internet research only showed the Third Bust coin for this date and mintmark, so possibly scarcer than current catalogue values would suggest
Shilling 1697 First Bust ESC 1091, Bull 1117 UNC with practically full lustre, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 82, the finest known of 6 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report, Ex-London Coins Auction A131 December 2010 Lot 1713 hammer price £280
Shilling 1697C Third Bust, ESC 1096, Bull 1172 the lock of hair below the truncation and the ribbon ties not struck up, Good Fine with some very light adjustment lines on the obverse, scarce
Halfcrown 1697 First Bust, Large Shields, Later Harp ESC 541, Bull 1021, GEF in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 65, the finest known of 5 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report, high grade William III Halfcrowns are much harder to locate than the Shillings and Sixpences of the same period, and to date this LCGS graded 65 example is the finest recorded by them
Shilling 1697 First Bust, Irish shield at date, ESC 1091B, Bull 1119, rated R5 by Bull, we note the lion of Nassau also rotated by 90 degrees, and very unusual, VG/approaching Fine with some weakness, our archive database shows that we have not previously offered an example in 15 years, internet searches have not shown any transactions for this variety
Shilling 1697 First Bust E over N below bust, unlisted by Bull, ESC or Coincraft, listed under Spink 3500, Good Fine with some haymarking, Very Rare, the overstrike very clear, our database states that this is the first we have handled
Halfcrown 1697E Large Shields, Normal Harp ESC 547 About Fine, Shilling 1696C R of GRA over inverted A ESC 1082A VG with an edge nick and a scratch on the obverse, rated R4 by ESC, the first example of this variety we have handled
Shilling 1697 GVLELMVS errorESC 1093 VG/approaching Fine, a very clear and even example with no problems, an excessively rare variety, rated R5 by ESC, our archive database shows that this the first we have offered in 14 years
Shilling 1697C Third Bust Variety ESC 1110 GF/NVF with some contact marks, Very Rare, rated R3 by ESC , only the second example of this type we have offered since 2003, the other example was NF
Shilling 1697C Third Bust ESC 1104S.3507 VF or better, indicated as 'scarce' by the ESC, probably under-rated as our archive database shows that we have not handled an example since 2003
Shillings (2) 1696B First Bust ESC 1081 Fine with some weakness at the top of the bust, 1697B Third Bust ESC 1103 the B with over punching to strengthen the mintmark letter, Near Fine with scratches
Shilling 1697 ESC 1108B Third Bust Variety GVLIELMVS with first V as an inverted A rated R4 by ESC VG with the error bold and clear, listed at £175 Fine in the Spink 2009 Catalogue
Halfcrown 1697 First Bust Large Shields ESC 541 Fine with adjustment lines on either side, Shillings (2) 1697N Third Bust ESC 1106 Fine with some weakness on the latter half of the date, 1745 LIMA ESC 1204 GF
Shilling 1697 Third Bust bright Unc a few adjustment lines reverse and some field porosity on the raised parts of the obverse
£120
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