Great Britain 1834 shilling

Heritage sale 3073, lot 33060

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 33060 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $336. The catalog description^[1] noted, "William IV Shilling 1834 MS63 NGC. Highly lustrous with light toning around the periphery. From the Lake County Collection." This type was struck 1831 and 1834-37 and is fairly available in circulated condition.

Recorded mintage: 3,223,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 5.65 g, 0.925 fine silver, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 713, S-3835.

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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

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