Great Britain 1957 shilling KM-904

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Heritage sale 3021, lot 21112
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 21112 in Heritage sale 3021 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $1,410. The catalog description[1] noted, "Elizabeth II Proof Shilling 1957, English crest, PR66 Cameo NGC, a gem example having light iridescent toning. Very rare Proof of Record, and among the finest of only a few known." In 1902, the shilling was redesigned to use the English royal crest on the reverse (KM 800). Complaints from Scottish nationalists led to the introduction of the Scottish crest reverse in 1937 (KM 854) and the two were minted simultaneously until 1970. Proofs are rare.

Recorded mintage: 42,775,000 plus proofs plus 17,960,000 with the Scottish crest (KM 905).

Specification: 5.65 g, copper-nickel, 23.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S-4147, KM 904.

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 David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3021, featuring the Cecil Webster, Richard P. Ariagno and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collection, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.

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