Shilling

1594-1596 Shilling – Elizabeth I (Sixth Issue) - Elizabeth I silver (0.925) shilling, struck 1594-1596 at the Tower (London) Mint. Sixth issue. The head classification (6B) is guided by whether the ear is covered or not.

1651 Shilling – Commonwealth - A silver shilling minted at the Tower (London) mint. Article explains about Commonwealth coins. This coin has been cleaned and is starting to re-tone again.

1711 Shilling – Queen Anne - The Obverse shows a portrait of Queen Anne, probably by John Croker (1670-1741) who engraved almost all of the dies for the coins of Queen Anne. In 1711 the coin could show the third or fourth bust.

1549 Shilling – Edward VI (Canterbury 2468) - Silver Shilling of Edward VI, the boy King (in 1549 he was aged about 12), struck at the Canterbury mint with mint mark "t". Dated (on reverse) 1549 in Roman Numerals.

1660-61 Shilling Charles II First Hammered Issue by Thomas Simon - The first hammered issue of the Charles II shilling, engraved by Thomas Simon. Not long afterwards the coinage moved to milled coins.

1630 Shilling – Charles I - This coin would have been minted between 1630-1631 at the Tower (London) mint. There are so many types of this coin it can be hard to identify. This coin is probably Group A, class 2b, SCBC 2788.

1560-1561 Shilling – Elizabeth I (Second Issue) - 1560-1561 Shilling - Elizabeth I (Second Issue)

1663 Shilling – Charles II (Milled, First Bust) - By 1663 the Royal Mint was ready to end hammered coinage and replace it with the milled coinage created by the machine of Peter (Pierre) Blondeau. This is a silver shilling of King Charles II, minted in 1663 at the Tower Mint in London.

Our Shillings Category now has 17 Monarchs - We're building out our Shillings category on coinparade.co.uk. Currently we have the shillings of 17 diffferent Monarchs from Edward VI up to Elizabeth II.