Coins of England and Great Britain

by Tony Clayton

24 - Thirty Shillings

One Pound/Guinea <<-- : -->> Two Pounds/Guineas

Values of Thirty Shillings
No pictures of 30s coins are available at present.

Fine Sovereign

In 1550 a large version of the sovereign, known as the Fine Sovereign, was struck and valued at thirty shillings. The issue continued until 1600, during the reign of Elizabeth I. The fine sovereigns are magnificent coins, but are all quite rare and valuable. Coincraft lists VF specimens at £5000.

Rose-Ryal or Two-Ryal

A very rare series struck by James I between 1604 and 1625. There are three main designs, the early small shield, and the later large shield with two minor obverse differences. The early rose-ryals were revalued at 33 shillings in 1612, while those of the third coinage issued between 1619 and 1625 reverted to 30 shillings.

Acknowledgements

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Coins of UK - 24 - Thirty Shillings / Copyright reserved by the author, Tony Clayton / v14 29th April 2008