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Description
Kingdom of England, James I of the House of Stuart, King of England 1603-1625 AD, Silver Shilling (5.90g, 30mm), Second coinage, initial mark coronet (1607-1609), Royal mint, Tower of London. Obverse: Fourth crowned bust of King James I facing to the right, wearing simple cuirass and ruff, mark of value “XII” to left field, inner beaded border and legend surrounds, “·IACOBVS· D:G: [MA]G: BRIT: RA: ET: HIRIB: REX”. Reverse: Royal escutcheon of the Armorial of the House of Stuart, inner beaded border and legend mark surrounds, “·QVÆ· DEVS· CONIVNXITIT· NEMO· PARET·”. S-2655. Awash with a deep brown-grey tone and offering decently preserved devices, most interestingly is the not-so-obvious double striking which has caused significant blundering to the legends which appears as very incorrectly engraved spelling, notably the spelling of Hiberniae on the obverse and Coniūnxit and Sēparet on the reverse, near Very Fine.
The obverse Latin legend reads “Iācōbus, Deī Grātiā, Magnae Britanniae, Franciae et Hiberniae Rēx”, with an English translation of “James, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland”. The Reverse Latin legend is stated in full as “Quae Deus Coniūnxit Nēmō Sēparet”, with an English translation of “Which God united no man may divide” – this is in reference to his concept of the Kingdom of Great Britain and union of England and Scotland.
