Sylvester

This is a bit of a long shot, but does anyone have access to any mintage figures for Early Milled coins (1662-1815) especially sixpences (also half guineas, especially James II ones) because i have been unable to find any at all. Most mintage figures that i have come across have been either for Elephant and Castle Guineas (unfortunately not much good to me because i don't collect them!), and post 1816 mintage figures, but i've shifted away from these coins over the last few years to the earlier stuff, so they aren't much good to me either. Any help (even mintage figures for any date from 1674-1787 not a comprehensive list of them all, would be a start) Thanks in advance Sylvester.

Just my department as it happens... regarding 1697 6ds without obverse stops, i must admit that i have not come across one. The very fact that you mention that it is a York mint issue though doesn't surprise me. The provincial mints often employed people who couldn't even spell the king's name in some cases. The 1696 issues can be found without obverse stops so it might be possible that the wrong obverse die was used (a 1696) obverse die, with a 1697 reverse die (since 1696 and some of 1697 share obverse 1, I would imagine that if the die was fairly new during the transition period from one date to another they'd just change the reverse die to the newer date). I've never come across this before but i should imagine there would be a slight premium over an issue with stops, as the 1696 issue without stops trades at a slightly higher level than those with. (Usually about £10 more for one without stops...as for the one you have who knows since it's unrecorded?). Hope this helps... Sylvester.