James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage, Shilling, 1609-1610, Tower, fifth crowned and cuirassed bust right, rev. square-topped shield, 5.99g, 10h, m.m. key (North 2101; Spink 2656), an extraordinary Jacobean jewel with a sublime portrait, a most handsome extremely fine, the pyx mark rare, the exceptional state of preservation excessively so Provenance North Yorkshire Moors (Lessen), Part I, DNW 168, 29 January 2020, lot 896 Spink 58, 30 April 1987, lot 73 - extremely fine, with excellent portrait, toned and rare thus - £600 SNC, February 1982, no. 390 - a beautiful specimen, rare, EF - £1,500