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№ 1
.To be sold on: 17 September 2026
Estimate: £7,000–£9,000
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Current Bid: £2,800
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Create new listThe First English Shilling
Henry VII (1485-1509), Profile issue, Testoon, mm. small lis, crowned bust right, single arch with six saltires, henricvs di gra rex anglie z fr, rev. posvi dev adivtoe mev, shield over cross fourchée, ornate cross-ends, 8.82g/3h (Oddie/Holt/Pitchfork, BNS Blog 2 Dec. 2020, O1/R1; Potter & Winstanley O1/R1; Stewartby 1 (a); SCBI Ashmolean 759-60, same dies; N 1740; S 2251). Obverse about fine, reverse good fine, toned, extremely rare £7,000-£9,000
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This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, The Gary Oddie Collection of English Regal Shillings.
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Collection
R.T. Cassal Collection, Glendining Auction, 3-4 December 1924, lot 234; W.L. Raynes Collection, Glendining Auction, 15-17 February 1950, lot 455; SCMB September 1950 (7226); H.H. Snellenburg Jr Collection; St James’s Auction 5, 27 September 2006, lot 247.
A copy of the blog article accompanies the coin. The profile issue coinage of Henry VII from 1504 is the first English coinage to display a realistic portrait of the monarchx
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