Great Britain 1937 shilling KM-854

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Goldberg sale 110, lot 2451
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This specimen was lot 2451 in Goldberg sale 110 (Los Angeles, June 2019), where it sold for $3,720. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain. Matte Proof Scottish Shilling, 1937. ESC-noted as Extremely Rare. George VI. Obverse: Bust of King left by Paget. GEORGIVS VI D:G: BR: OMN: REX. Reverse: Scottish lion with sword and sceptre facing, perched on crown, thistle to right, St Andrew's cross to left. Date to sides. Above: FID: DEF IND: IMP. Designer's initials K and G (Kruger Gray) to lower left and right of lion. Edge reeded. A superb mint state matte specimen with strong detail and crisp edge. NGC graded Matte Proof 65. 1937 was the first year of the new currency heralding a completely new obverse design as the portrait of George VI replaced that of his father George V on coins intended for circulation. There were several examples of each denomination made by the Royal Mint as matte proofs, ostensibly to facilitate photography. Linecar and Stone lists a complete set of matt proofs, from gold to bronze coins, in a Glendining's auction of 4th April 1966. In the 1980s, when the Norweb collection of coins was sold by Spink, a set of silver and bronze specimens was also offered for sale." After Scotland was merged with England by the Act of Union of 1707, Scottish symbols and badges disappeared from British coinage. Deference to local sentiment led the mint to struck separate designs for Scotland and England on the reverse of the shilling. This issue of 1937 was the first year this change was implemented and it was maintained until the shilling was retired in 1970.

Recorded mintage: 6,749,000 plus 26,000 proofs plus a few matte proofs.

Specification: 5.66 g, 0.500 fine silver, 23.55 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S.4083; KM-854.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 110: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2019.

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