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FM18203

James I 1607 Sixpence, 4th bust, mm grapes, rare date

James I (1603-25), silver Sixpence, 1607, second coinage (1604-19), fourth crowned bust right, beaded circles and legend surrounding, IACOBVS D; G. MAG; BRIT; FRA; ET HI; REX, initial mark grapes (1607) both sides, rev. quartered shield of arms, date above, beaded circles and legend surrounding, QVÆ. DEVS. CONIVNXIT. NEMO. SEPARET., weight 2.44g (N.2103; S.2658). A little worn from circulation with surface marks and short hairline scratches, with a clear mint mark and date, almost fine, the year of the founding of Jamestown the first English colony in the USA.

The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse "James by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland"; and on the reverse "What God hath joined, let no man put asunder" a Psalm from the Bible.

The grapes mint mark was used for only four months in 1607, the year of the founding of Jamestown, despite the short lifespan we note the output of silver was £153,082 which is the fourth highest of the reign.

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