Details
William III, Shilling, 1696, second laureate and draped bust right, with hair across breast, of an ornate style, GVLIELMVS. III. DEI. GRA, rev. crowned cruciform shields of a different style, larger Lion of Nassau at centre, MAG BR. FRA ET.HIB REX. 16 96, edge grained (ESC 1088A R7 note 1; S.3504), a bold very fine, attractively toned, the rarest English Shilling, unique
Provenance
bought Seaby, June 1949
Lord Hamilton, Spink Auction 3, 21 February 1979, lot 236, (front cover illustration)
Spink Numismatic Circular, November 1997, item 5665