Great Britain 1905 shilling

Goldberg sale 98, lot 3046

photo courtesy Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

This specimen was lot 3046 in Goldberg sale 98 (Los Angeles, June 2017), where it sold for $2,937.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Shilling, 1905. Edward VII. Obverse king right by De Saulles. Reverse: Lion on crown. By far the rarest currency shilling of the 20th century. NGC graded MS-62." This type was struck 1902-10 in substantial numbers but nice specimens are scarce. This is the key date.

Recorded mintage: 488,000.

Specification: 5.66 g, 0.925 fine silver, 23.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S.3982; ESC-1414; KM-800.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 98: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2017.

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