Charles I (1625-49)

Shilling

Shilling/Unite minted in London

CAROLVS D G MAG BRIT FR ET HI REX
Bust of Charles left.

FLORENT CONCORDIA REGNA
Crowned framed oval quartered shield of arms, crowned C to left, crowned R to right.
Brooker 1240, North 2655, MI 374/269. Contemporary cast pattern in high relief from designs by Abraham van der Dort.
1626 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)

CAROLVS D G MA BR FR ET HI REX
Bust of Charles left, XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Square-topped shield over cross fourchee.
Brooker cf. 393-394, North 2216, S 2782. Sharp A2/1. Group A, type 1a. Cross calvary over lis mintmark. 3 week light coinage (5.19g instead of usual ~5.9g) experiment.
1626-27 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)

CAROLVS D G MAG BR FR ET HIB REX
Crowned 'small' bust with ruff lef, XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Long cross fourchée over quartered shield of arms.
Not in Brooker (full HIB), N 2218, S 2784. Sharp B2/1. Group B, type 1a. Moor's head mintmark. 1 of 2 known with the other in the British Museum (2026).
1626-27 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)

CAROLVS D G MAG BR FR ET HI REX
Crowned 'small' bust with ruff left, XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Long cross fourchée over quartered shield of arms.
Brooker 407–408, North 2218, S 2784. Sharp B2/1. Group B, type 1a. Moor's head mintmark. Ex Dr. John Hulett, Bob Thomas.
1627-28 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)

CAROLVS D G MAG BR FR ET HI REX
Bust of Charles left, XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Square-topped shield over cross moline.
Brooker cf. 419 (no overmintmark), North 2218, S 2784. Sharp B2/1. Group B, type 1a. Castle/castle over moor's head mintmarks. Ex H. M. Lingford.
1627-28 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)

CAROLVS D G MAG BRI FR ET HI REX
Crowned bust of Charles I left, in a ruff, armour and mantle, within a beaded inner circle, XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Square-topped garnished shield of the royal arms (England, France, Scotland and Ireland), with the Prince of Wales’s plume above the shield, marking silver from the Welsh mines.

Brooker 417 (this coin), North 2220, S 2785. Sharp B2/2. Group B, type 1b2. Castle mintmark. Ex Brooker (plate coin).
1628-29 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)

CAROLVS D G MAG BR FR ET HI REX
Bust of Charles left, XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Square-topped shield over cross moline, plume above.
Brooker 429 (obv only - different reverse), North 2220, S 2785. Sharp B2/2. Group B, type 1b2. Anchor over castle mintmark. Ex Morris. Harp style found on B3/2s, so believed to be unique (2026).
1628-29 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)

CAROLVS D G MA BR FR ET HI REX
Bust of Charles left, XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Square-topped shield over cross moline.
Brooker 430, N 2220, S 2785. B3/2, Group B, type 1b. First type anchor mintmark, plume over the shield. Bust 3, colon stops on the obverse. Ex Mark Morris, Dr. Hulett.
ca. 1628-30 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)

CAR D G MAG BRIT FR ET HIB REX
Crowned, armored, and mantled bust of Charles right, B below.

FIDEI DEFENSOR
Crowned coat-of-arms within garter.
MI 375/271, Brooker 1261, North 2664 (all refs for struck pattern in silver). Pattern by Briot in off-metal brass.
1630-1 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)

CAROLVS D G MAG BRIT FR ET HIB REX
Bust of Charles left, XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Welsh plumes and CR over a fancy shield.
Brooker 454–455, North 2222, S 2788. Sharp C2/4, Group C, type 2b. "Fine works." Plume mintmark. Ex Montagu.
1634-35 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)

CAROLVS D G MA BR FR ET HI REX
Bust of Charles left, XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Round garnished shield.
Brooker 486–488, North 2225, S 2791. Sharp E2/2. Group D, type 3a. Bell mintmark.
1635-36 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)

CAROLVS D G MA BR FR ET HI REX
Bust of Charles left, XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Round garnished shield, no CR.
Brooker 498–499, North 2225, S 2791. Sharp E2/2. Group D, type 3a. Crown mintmark. Ex Messing hoard.
1636-38 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)
NGC VF35

CAROLVS D G MA BR FR ET HI REX
Bust of Charles left, XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Round garnished shield, no CR.
Brooker cf. 510, North 2225, S 2791. Sharp E2/2. Group D, type 3a. Tun mintmark.
1636-38 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)

CAROLVS D G MA BR FR ET HI REX
Bust of Charles left, XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Square-topped shield over cross moline.
Brooker 513–514, North 2228, S 2794. Sharp F1/1. Group E, type 4.1. Tun mintmark. Small XII.
1636-38 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)

CAROLVS D G MA BR FR ET HI REX
Bust of Charles left, XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGN
Square-topped shield over cross moline.
Brooker cf. 515–519 (no error legend), North 2229, S 2796. Sharp F3/1. Group E, type 4.3. Tun mintmark. REGN error. Ex Messing hoard, Ivan Buck.
1638–39 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)

CAROLVS D G MAG BRI FRA ET HIB REX
Large bust of Charles I left wearing a stellate lace collar, double-arched crown, and XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Square-topped shield over a cross fleury (ending within the inner circle), with a distinctive unusual Irish harp (Briot's cleft-footed style) in the arms.
Brooker 736 (same dies), North 2308, S 2862. Sharp BNJ 1978, plate X, 99. Anchor mintmark (flukes to right). Briot's 1st hammered shilling. Ex P Woodard, Bob Lyall. One of three known (2026).
1638-39 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)
PCGS AU55

CAROLVS D G MAG BRIT FR ET HIB REX
Bust of Charles left, XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Square-topped shield over long cross fourchee.
Brooker 727–728, North 2305, S 2859. Anchor with B (Briot) below mintmark. Briot's second milled issue. Ex Richard August.
1638-39 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)

CAROLVS D G MA BR FR ET HI REX
Bust of Charles left, XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Square-topped shield over cross moline.
Brooker 526, North 2230, S 2797. Sharp F5/1. Group E, type 4.4. Anchor mintmark. Colons surrounding reverse anchor.
1638-42 Shilling minted in Aberystwyth

CAROLVS D G MAG BR FR ET HI REX
Bust of Charles left with square lace collar, small XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Oval shield with arms.
Brooker 748, N 2328, S 2881. Type 1. Book mintmark.
1639-40 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)

CAROLVS D G MAG BRI FRA ET HIB REX
Bust of Charles left, XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Square-topped shield over cross moline.
Brooker 530–533, North 2230, S 2797. Sharp F5/2. Group E, type 4.4. Triangle mintmark. Large XII, single arched crown.
1639-40 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)

CAROLVS D G MAG BR FR ET HIB REX
Bust of Charles left, XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Square-topped shield over cross moline.
Brooker 546–548, North 2231, S 2799. Sharp G1/2. Group F, type 4.4. Triangle mintmark. Early reverse 2 with transitional cross ends. Obverse legend associated with "carefully struck" (i.e., presentation) pieces.
1639-40 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)

CAROLVS D G MA BR FR ET HI REX
Bust of Charles left, XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Square-topped shield over cross moline.
Triangle mintmark. Double struck (doubled REX, corner of shield).
1639-40 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)

CAROLVS D G MAG BR FRA ET HI REX
Bust of Charles left, XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Square-topped shield over cross moline.
Brooker cf. 546–548, North 2231, S 2799. Sharp G1/1-2. Group F, type 4.4. Triangle mintmark. Ex Messing hoard. A in CAROLVS is missing the crossbar.
1640-41 Shilling minted in London (Tower Mint)
PCGS AU55

CAROLVS D G MA BR FR ET HI REX
Bust of Charles left, XII behind.

CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO
Square-topped shield over cross moline.
Brooker 548–549, North 2231, S 2799. Sharp G1/2. Group F, type 4.4. Star over triangle/star mintmark.