Great Britain 1906 shilling

Heritage sale 3082, lot 34151

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 34151 in Heritage sale 3082 (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain: Edward VII Shilling 1906 MS65 NGC. A laudable representative with mottled patina over silvery white surfaces." This type was struck 1902-10 in substantial numbers but nice specimens are scarce.

Recorded mintage: 10,791,000.

Specification: 5.66 g, 0.925 fine silver, 23.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S.3982; ESC-1414; KM-800.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Online Auction 3082, featuring the Caranett Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

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