Great Britain 1946 shilling KM-853

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck 1937-46 for Great Britain after which the denomination was converted to copper-nickel. It was demonetized in 1990, long after the pound was decimalized, but by then rising silver prices had driven it out of circulation.

Recorded mintage: 18,663,700 plus proofs.

Specifications: 5.66 g, 0.500 fine silver, 23.5 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 853, S-4082.

Sources:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.

Link to:

• 1937 shilling, Scottish crest
• 1939 shilling, English crest
• 1946 farthing
• 1946 brass threepence
• 1946 sixpence
• 1946 shilling, Scottish crest
• New Zealand 1946 shilling
• South Africa 1946 shilling
• Southern Rhodesia 1946 shilling
• 1946 florin
• 1946 half crown
• 1947 shilling, English reverse
• 1947 shilling, Scottish reverse
• Coins and currency dated 1946