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Revision as of 15:36, 9 February 2023
This specimen was lot 34061 in Heritage sale 3076 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain: Victoria Shilling 1886 MS65 PCGS. A splendid gem unsurpassed at either NGC or PCGS in terms of technical grade, a charming aged silver patina visible over the surfaces." This subtype was struck for circulation 1879-87 and features the bust of the young queen Victoria. A similar bust was used starting in 1839; 1879 marks the date when the scheme of using die numbers was abandoned.
Recorded mintage: 2,087,000 + proofs.
Specification: 5.65 g, .925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM 734.4, S-3907.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th 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.
- Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3076, featuring the Allen Moretti Swiss Collection and the James Mossman Collection of Canadian Coinage, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
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