Great Britain 1845 shilling

from Stack's Bowers June 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71174

This specimen was lot 71174 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it sold for $504. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Shilling, 1845. London Mint. Victoria. PCGS MS-64. Featuring Victoria's young head less than a decade after her accession to the throne, this near-Gem minor presents dazzling luster a subtle tone alluring throughout." This type was struck 1838-66 in large quantities with a slightly modified obverse continuing until 1887.

Recorded mintage: 4,083,000.

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

Catalog reference: S-3904; KM 734.1.

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.
• 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 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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