Great Britain 1823 shilling

Heritage sale 3020, lot 24070

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 24070 in Heritage sale 3020 (Long Beach, September 2012), where it sold for $822.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "George IV Shilling 1823, Laureate Head, MS64 NGC, sharply struck with golden gray toning." This type was struck for George IV 1823-25 and is rather scarce.

Recorded mintage: 693,000.

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

Catalog reference: S-3811, KM 687.

Source:

• Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• ^[1]Tucker, Warren, and Cris Bierrenbach, Heritage Signature Auction 3020: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.

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