Great Britain 1858 shilling

from Steve Album sale 45, lot 2704

This specimen was lot 2704 in Stephen Album sale 45 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2023), where it sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN: Victoria, 1837-1901, AR shilling, 1858, a lovely lustrous example! NGC graded MS63." This shilling was struck 1838-87 for circulation. This subtype, without die numbers, was issued 1838-63. Proofs exist of this date.

Recorded mintage: 3,109,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 5.65 g, 0.925 fine silver, .168 troy oz ASW, 23.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-734.1, S-3904.

Source:

• Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 45, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

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