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FM18209

James I 1623 Sixpence, 6th bust, IAOOBVS error

James I (1603-25),silver Sixpence, 1623, variety with IAOOBVS spelling error, third coinage (1619-25), sixth crowned bust right, beaded circles and legend surrounding, IAOOBVS D: G: MAG: BRI: FRA: ET HIB: REX, the second O struck over a D, initial mark lis (1623-24) both sides,rev.quartered shield of arms, date above, beaded circles and legend without stops surrounding, QVÆ DEVS CONIVNXIT NEMO SEPARET, weight 2.53g (N.2126; S.2670).Toned, weak in parts both sides with many surface marks and some hairline scratches, otherwise fine, reverse better, with clear error variety, date and mint mark, we can only trace one other example of this variety, extremely rare.

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 lis mint mark was used for two dates of 1623 and 1624 and we note the output of silver was £47,323 which is the seventh highest of the reign.

We can trace only one other finer example of the error sold at auction in the last twenty years.

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