Great Britain 1908 shilling

Goldberg sale 74, lot 4752

photo courtesy Goldberg Coins & Collectibles

This specimen was lot 4752 in Goldberg sale 74 (Los Angeles, June 2013), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Shilling, 1908. Edward VII. Lustrous and free from any abrasions. Rare. NGC graded AU-58." This type was struck 1902-10 in substantial numbers but nice specimens are scarce. This is not a common date.

Recorded mintage: 3,807,000.

Specification: 5.65 g, .925 fine silver, .168 troy oz ASW, 23.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S.3982; ESC-1417; KM-800.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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.
• 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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender and Steven Harvey, Goldberg Sale 74: the pre-Long Beach Sale, featuring the Arden Collection, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, 2013.

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• Coins and currency dated 1908
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