Shilling coin, Popham Colony, ca. 1607
Contributed by Maine State Museum
Item 55350
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This silver shilling was minted between 1592 and 1595 in England and shows Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth. It was found at the 1607 Popham Colony site in what is today Phippsburg during a June 2010 excavation. The shilling may be the second oldest coin ever found in Maine.
On the reverse is a bead circle and a plain square with the top shield quartered with the arms of France and England, over a long cross with: POSVI DE ADIVTOREM MEV (translation, I have made God my helper)
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- Title: Shilling coin, Popham Colony, ca. 1607
- Creation Date: circa 1592
- Subject Date: circa 1607
- Local Name: Popham
- Town: Phippsburg
- County: Sagadahoc
- State: ME
- Media: Silver
- Collection: Maine State Museum
- Object Type: Physical Object
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine State Museum
83 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333
(207) 287-2301
http://www.maine.gov/museum/index.html
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LC Subject Headings
Fort Saint George (Phippsburg, Me.)
Coins--Great Britain
North America--Discovery and exploration
Fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
Shilling
Popham Colony
Treasure-trove
Silver coins
Money
Antiquities
Historic sites--Maine--Phippsburg
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Frederick I, King of Bohemia, 1596-1662
Forts & fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
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English shilling
Fort St. George
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Maine's First Ship
Popham Colony
Raleigh Gilbert
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