Difference between revisions of "Great Britain 1816 shilling"

Latest revision as of 08:59, 29 July 2024

photo courtesy Stack's

from the Marathon Collection

The first specimen was lot 606 in Stack's Coin Galleries sale (New York, October 2010), where it sold for $218.50. The catalog description^[1] noted,

"GREAT BRITAIN. George III, 1760-1820. Last Coinage. Shilling, 1816. MS-63 (NGC). Shilling, 1816. Old head r. Rv. Arms in Garter. MS-63 (NGC)."

The type was struck 1816-20 and features the bust of George III, by then subject to the regency of his son the Prince of Wales.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.655 g, 0.925 fine silver, .168 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: S.3790, KM 666.

Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
^[1]Stack's.
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.
Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.

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 [[Image:Great Britain 1816 shilling obv Stacks 1010-606.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Stack's]]
 [[Image:Great Britain 1816 shilling rev Stacks 1010-606.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Stack's]]
+[[Image:Great Britain 1816 shilling obv Marth.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Marathon Collection]]
+[[Image:Great Britain 1816 shilling rev Marth.jpg|300px|thumb]]
-This specimen was lot 606 in Stack's Coin Galleries sale (New York, October 2010), where it sold for $218.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"GREAT BRITAIN. George III, 1760-1820. Last Coinage. Shilling, 1816. MS-63 (NGC). Shilling, 1816. Old head r. Rv. Arms in Garter. MS-63 (NGC)." </blockquote> The type was struck 1816-20 and features the bust of George III, by then subject to the regency of his son the Prince of Wales.
+The first specimen was lot 606 in Stack's Coin Galleries sale (New York, October 2010), where it sold for $218.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"GREAT BRITAIN. George III, 1760-1820. Last Coinage. Shilling, 1816. MS-63 (NGC). Shilling, 1816. Old head r. Rv. Arms in Garter. MS-63 (NGC)." </blockquote> The type was struck 1816-20 and features the bust of George III, by then subject to the regency of his son the Prince of Wales.
 ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
-''Specification:'' 5.655 g, .925 fine silver, .168 troy oz ASW.
+''Specification:'' 5.655 g, 0.925 fine silver, .168 troy oz ASW.
 ''Catalog reference:'' S.3790, KM 666.