South Africa 1893 shilling

from the Stack's Bowers June 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73174

This specimen was lot 73174 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $660. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SOUTH AFRICA. Shilling, 1893. Pretoria Mint. PCGS AU-50 Gold Shield. A KEY DATE in the series, this wholesome, lightly handled minor still retains some alluring brilliance and offers deeper hints of iridescence near portions of the peripheries." South Africa, after a turbulent history between English and Dutch settlers and the native population, was constituted the Union of South Africa in 1910. This coin was issued 1892-97 by the Afrikaner republic before its conquest by the British. With the collapse of apartheid, collecting South African coins is now respectable again.

Recorded Mintage: 137,000.

Specification: 5.65 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-5.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Hern, Brian, John Bothma and Hercie Pieterse, Hern's Handbook on South African Coins & Patterns, Ferndale, South Africa, 2013.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

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