Great Britain 1935 shilling

Heritage sale 3081, lot 30868

This specimen was lot 30868 in Heritage sale 3081 (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $1,800. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain: George V Proof Shilling 1935 PR66 PCGS. The highest graded specimen of this extremely scarce Proof of Record type by either NGC or PCGS. Fully brilliant, the obverse without a hint of tone, the reverse exhibiting a subtle champagne tinge." This type was struck 1927-36 in substantial numbers tho the 1927 is a proof only date. It superseded a type struck 1911-27 with a different reverse (KM 829). This date is common in all grades.

Recorded mintage: 9,183,000 plus a few proofs.

Specification: 5.65 g, 0.500 fine silver, .090 troy oz ASW, 23.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 833, S-4039, ESC-1448B.

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.
• 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 Auction 3081, featuring the Caranett Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

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