Great Britain 1717 shilling

Heritage sale 3089, lot 32710

This specimen was lot 32710 in Heritage sale 3089 (Dallas, TX, January 2021), where it sold for $1,860. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. George I Shilling 1717 MS63 NGC. With plumes and roses in angles. Exhibiting vibrant gold, crimson, and cobalt surface coloration, glints of argent mint luster evident underneath. From the Trident Collection." This is a better date of a type struck 1715-23. Varieties exist with different devices on the reverse but not for 1717.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.02 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 539.1, S-3645, ESC-1564 (prev. ESC-1164).

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• 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.
• ^[1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, Heritage Auction 3089: NYINC World & Ancient Coins Platinum & Signature Auction - Dallas, featuring the Cape Coral Collection of European Crowns and the Penn Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2020.

Links to:

• 1715 shilling
• 1717 "dump" farthing
• 1717 half penny
• 1717 threepence
• 1717 sixpence
• 1717 half crown
• 1717 half guinea
• 1717 guinea
• 1717 2 guineas
• 1717 5 guineas
• 1718 shilling
• Coins and currency dated 1717