Shilling 1708 Third Bust, Plain in angles ESC 1147, Bull 1399 Choice UNC with gold and blue/green tone over original lustre, a superb piece with excellent eye appeal, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 85
Shilling 1708 Third Bust, Plain in angles, ESC 1147, Bull 1399, UNC with minor cabinet friction, some haymarking, and exhibiting a choice deep blue-green tone
Shilling 1708 Third Bust, Roses and PlumesESC 1149, Bull 1401 Good Fine or better with some minor adjustment lines and light haymarking, Very Rare, rated R2 by Bull
Shilling 1708 E Second Bust, no trace of a star after the E, the reverse struck from local dies, with a z-shaped 1 in the date. Wide shields, 6 harp strings, this combination not listed as a separate type by ESC or Bull, VG/Fine with a thin scratch on the obverse, all major details bold, an unusual piece
Shilling 1708* Fifth Edinburgh Bust, local dies, with z-shaped 1 in the date, the 7 over a longer 7, Wide shields, 7 harp strings, ESC 1151, Bull 1439 variety, VG/Near Fine, this type listed by Bull as having 5 or 6 harp strings and with a J-shaped 1 in the date. This combination not listed as a separate type, an unusual die combination, Rare
Shilling 1708 E* Edinburgh Bust, Reverse with reverse Z-type 1 in date and narrow 0 in date, Wide shields. This reverse illustrated by Bull (page 199, fig.19) but unlisted combined with the E* Edinburgh obverse, VG with all the major details clear, of particular interest to the Shilling variety specialists
Shilling 1708 Third Bust, Plain in angles ESC 1147, Bull 1399 Choice UNC with gold and blue/green tone over original lustre, a superb piece with excellent eye appeal, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 85, the finest known of 34 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
Shilling 1708 Third Bust ESC 1147, Bull 1399 UNC a most attractive example with good underlying mint lustre, in an LCGS holder and grades LCGS 82, the second finest of 34 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
Shillings (3) 1708 Third Bust, Plain in angles ESC 1147, Bull 1399 Good Fine with some small surface marks, 1711 Fourth Bust, ESC 1158, Bull 1408 VG or slightly better with a flan flaw on either side, 1711 Fourth Bust as ESC 1158, Bull 1408 the design modified with additional sceptres in the reverse angles, and with signs of old gilding, possibly to imitate a Guinea of the period
Shilling 1708 PlumesESC 1148 A/UNC and lustrous, slabbed and graded LCGS 75, the finest of just 2 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS population Report
Shilling 1708 Third Bust, plain below bust, plain in angles ESC 1147, Bull 1399, a superb example with original surfaces, attractive gold and blue toning over original mint lustre, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 82. The second finest of 34 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
Shillings (2) 1702 First Bust ESC 1128 Fine/Good Fine the reverse with a tone spot, 1708 E* ESC 1145 the reverse from local dies with the 1 in date retrograde
Shilling 1708 Plain in angles and below bust Third Bust ESC 1147 GEF and lustrous, Crown 1819 LIX Q of QUI overstruck, also M of MAL overstruck, the underlying figures not clear
Shillings (2) 1696Y First Bust ESC 1087 NVF toned, the reverse with small flan flaws, 1708 Third Bust ESC 1147 Good Fine with a hint of tone in the legend
Shilling 1708 PlumesESC 1148 A/UNC and lustrous, slabbed and graded LCGS 75, the finest of just 2 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS population Report
Shilling 1708 Third Bust ESC 1147 Choice UNC with golden tone, slabbed and graded LCGS 82, the second finest known of 33 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
Shilling 1708 E* as ESC 1145, the reverse appears to be a local die with the 1 in the date retrograde, also the reverse with no stops, VG/Fine the variety clear
Shilling 1708 Roses and PlumesESC 1146 Good Fine with a small flan flaw on the reverse and some excess metal at the top of the obverse, Very rare, rated R3 by ESC, the first of this type we have offered
Shilling 1708 E* (E star) Second Bust Local dies, unlisted as an E* coin by ESC , VG Rare, the star after the E very weak, partly visible under magnification, type identifiable by the style of the 1 and 0 of the date on the reverse and the with of the D in DEI and G in GRATIA on the obverse. (See notes in Coin News article April 2014)
Shillings (3) 1663 First Bust Variety ESC 1025 VG toned, 1708 Third Bust, Plain in angles ESC 1147 Fine, toned, 1826 ESC 1257 VF toned with a small rim nick
Shilling 1708 E * but from local dies unlisted in ESC, S3609A and very high grade for this type bold VF and by far the best example of this rare type we have seen, seldom encountered in any grade rarer still in grades over Fine
Shilling 1708 E* (E star) and from local dies with large top two curls S3615A bold Fine and very rare with Spinks valuing only in Fine and a
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