Great Britain 1844 shilling

Heritage sale 3049, lot 30965

This specimen was lot 30965 in Heritage sale 3049 (Long Beach, September 2016), where it sold for $646.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Victoria Shilling 1844 MS65 PCGS, Royal mint. Young Head. A sublime jewel, boldly defined and with subtle champagne and baby blue opalescence that whirls about the argent surfaces, featuring crisp motifs throughout and faint die-clash lines on the reverse. Scarce so fine, and a remarkable piece in hand." This type was struck 1838-66 in large quantities with a slightly modified obverse continuing until 1887.

Recorded mintage: 4,467,000.

Specification: 5.65 g, .925 fine silver, .168 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 734.1; S.3904.

Source:

• ^[1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World Coin Auction 3049, featuring the Ohio Valley Collection, the Redwood Collection and the F.P. Briand Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2016.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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