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BM02048

William III 1696-B Shilling, Bristol, 1st bust, MS61

William III (1694-1702), silver Shilling, 1696, Bristol Mint, first laureate and draped bust right, B below, legend and toothed border surrounding, GVLIELMVS. III.DEI.GRA, rev. crowned cruciform shields, Lion of Nassau at centre, date either side of top crown, legend with small X in REX, .MAG. BR.FRA. ET.HIB. REX. weight 6.06g (Bull 1159; cf.ESC 1081; S.3498). Well struck with just a hint of adjustment marks on base of drapery, toned, has been graded and slabbed by NGC as MS61.

NGC certification 5880764-010.

The Latin legends translate as on the obverse "William III by the Grace of God," and abbreviated on the reverse as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland."

Provenance:

This coin illustrated in "Coinage and Currency in Eighteenth Century Britain, The Provincial Coinage" by David W Dykes, page 32, number 29.

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