Great Britain 1954 shilling KM-905
This specimen was lot 40582 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Shilling, 1954. London Mint. PCGS PROOF-66 Cameo Gold Shield. Type with Scottish reverse. Tied with just one other at this top, elite designation in the PCGS census, this RARE offering presents alluring frosting and tremendous mirroring." Altho 40,000 proof sets were made and sold in 1953, the proofs of the rest of the decade are all rare. The mint began striking separate English and Scottish reverses for the shilling in 1937 and this practice was continued for the new reign in 1953. The obverse legend was revised in 1954 to drop "BRITT:OMN:" and the shilling was terminated in 1970, to be replaced by the five pence coin.
Recorded mintage: 26,772,000 + proofs.
Specification: 5.65 g, copper-nickel, 23.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S-4148; KM-905.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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