Great Britain 1723-WCC shilling

Stack's Bowers 2025 ANA sale, lot 40486

This specimen was lot 40486 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Shilling, 1723-WCC. London Mint. George I. PCGS VF-20. Second laureate bust. A VERY SCARCE type struck from silver supplied by Welsh Copper Company, exhibiting the usual wear and tear found on the type but overall a satisfactory representative. From the Richard August Collection. Ex: Ponterio & Associates (6/1997) Lot # 1288." Shillings were struck with the "WCC" mark 1723-26 along with South Sea ("SSC") shillings and regular shillings (no mark).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.02 g, 0.925 fine silver, 26 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S-3650; ESC-1592; KM-558.3.

Source:

• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• 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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2025 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Richard August Collection and the Richard Margolis Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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