Ireland 1933 shilling
This specimen was lot 73806 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $600. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRELAND. Shilling, 1933. London Mint. NGC MS-65. Attractively toned with dusky golden-russet around the rims and fields, with deeper shades at the periphery and stretching across the reverse. Satiny luster and pleasing surface quality augment appeal, making this example an important and desirable coin for the date specialist." This type is listed for 1928-37, after which the country name was changed to simply "Eire." This date is scarce but not rare like the 1937. Irish coinage was designed to circulate alongside British coinage which was 0.500 fine silver in the thirties.
Recorded mintage: 300,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 5.65 g, 0.750 fine silver, 23.6 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-6.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man & Lundy), Pre-Decimal Issues, 2nd edition, London: Spink & Son, 2003.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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