Great Britain 1905 shilling
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This specimen was lot 3046 in Goldberg sale 98 (Los Angeles, June 2017), where it sold for $2,937.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain. Shilling, 1905. Edward VII. Obverse king right by De Saulles. Reverse: Lion on crown. By far the rarest currency shilling of the 20th century. NGC graded MS-62." This type was struck 1902-10 in substantial numbers but nice specimens are scarce. This is the key date.
Recorded mintage: 488,000.
Specification: 5.66 g, 0.925 fine silver, 23.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S.3982; ESC-1414; KM-800.
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- 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 98: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2017.
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