James I 1609 Sixpence, mintmark key, rare date and mintage

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FM18205

James I 1609 Sixpence, mintmark key, rare date and mintage

Name: James I 1609 Sixpence, mintmark key, rare date and mintage
Brand: Sovereign Rarities Live
SKU: FM18205
Price: 175.0 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

James I (1603-25),silver Sixpence, 1609, second coinage (1604-19), fourth crowned bust right, beaded circles and legend surrounding, .IACOBVS . D; G. MAG; BRIT; FRA; ET HI; REX., initial mark key both sides,rev.quartered shield of arms, date above, beaded circles and legend surrounding, QVÆ. DEVS. CONIVNXIT. NEMO. SEPARET., weight 2.76g (N.2103; S.2658).Toned, weak in parts with surface marks and a couple of hairline scratches, otherwise good fine and a scarce date and mint mark.

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.

We note the output of silver for the Key mint mark was only £22,731 which was the lowest up to that point in the reign with much higher outputs previously. The year of 1609 was the year that Shakespeare's Sonnets were first published by Thomas Thorpe in London and was the year of the official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia in America.