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James I 1624 'Welsh Plumes' Crown of Five Shillings, silver mined in Wales
James I (1603-25), silver Crown, third coinage (1619-25), variety with plumes over reverse shield indicating Welsh mined silver, armoured King on horseback right, sword on shoulder, plain groundline below, Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding both sides, initial mark trefoil over lis (1624) both sides, IACOBVS D: G: MAG: BRI: FRAN: ET HIB: REX. rev. Welsh plumes over quartered shield of arms, legend and beaded border surrounding, no punctuation with letter Ns inverted, except the second N which is N punched over inverted N, QVÆ DEVS CONIVNXIT NEMO SEPARET, weight 29.79g (Cooper dies X*/XIX*; N.2121; S.2665). Attractively toned, a few very light striations in flan on reverse, very light hairline scratches in upper left obverse field, otherwise good very fine and 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 together let no man put asunder."
Struck from June 27th 1624, the trefoil mint mark silver coins of James I sometimes carry a Welsh plumes reverse to denote the use of silver that has been mined from Cardiganshire, Wales to mint those particular issues.
Provenance:
Ex C. J. Boismaison, Dix Noonan and Webb Auction 138, 12th December 2016, lot 2008.