Great Britain 1861 shilling

Stack's Bowers February 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74573

This specimen was lot 74696 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $105. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Shilling, 1861. London Mint. Victoria. NGC AU-53. This handsome example displays light handling, with impressive details. A more elusive date in the series." This shilling was struck 1838-87 for circulation. This is a common date.

Recorded mintage: 1,382,000.

Specification: 5.65 g, 0.925 fine silver.

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.
• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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