Ireland 1963 shilling
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This specimen was lot 75304 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $504. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRELAND. Shilling, 1963. NGC MS-67. The finest certified example at NGC and it shows. Fully lustrous and stunning with steel gray surfaces and an impeccable strike." The final type of shilling (shown here), issued 1951-68, was copper-nickel. This date is fairly common tho the proofs are rare. We don't know why this example realized 67 times the catalog value.
Recorded mintage: 4,000,000.
Specification: 5.66 g, copper-nickel, 23.6 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S-6640; KM-14a.
- 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, September 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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