Great Britain 1708 shilling

Stack's Bowers 2014 ANA sale, lot 1022

This specimen was lot 1022 in Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $1,233.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Shilling, 1708. Anne (1702-14). NGC MS-65. Post union, plain angles. Lustrous and brilliant. Exceptionally choice." Shillings are known from 1708 in at least five different varieties; this is the most common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.02 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S-3610; KM-523.1.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2014 Chicago ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the David O'Harrow Collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

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