Great Britain 1818 shilling

from the Stack's Bowers June 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71348

This specimen was lot 71348 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $105. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Shilling, 1818. London Mint. George III. PCGS AU-55 Gold Shield. High '8' variety. Briefly circulated with attractive multicolored tone over both sides that adds to the allure." The type was struck 1816-20 and features the bust of George III, by then subject to the regency of his son the Prince of Wales. The 1818 is the scarcest of the type.

Recorded mintage: 1,342,000, a scarce date.

Specification: 5.65 g, 0.925 fine silver, .168 troy oz.

Catalog reference: S-3790; KM-666.

Source:

• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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