George I shilling

The coin featured here is the second find to come in from Steve Bartlett. Most of his finds have been hammered coins but this one is early milled silver.

The coin is a George I shilling. Many of the silver coins of George I are fairly common but all are rare as detecting finds.

On the obverse is the first bust of George I and on the reverse it has SS C SS C in the angles. The letters stand for the South Sea Company, which supplied the silver that was made into crowns, halfcrowns, shillings and sixpence. Amongst the four denominations the shillings are the most common. However, as already mentioned, they are rare as detecting finds.

Valuation

The obverse would grade about VF, the reverse VF and the surfaces are good on both sides. It’s an attractive coin, for which a collector of early milled silver should be willing to pay around £75 in order to acquire it.

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