Great Britain 1871 shilling

Goldberg sale 128, lot 19230

This specimen was lot 1923 in Goldberg sale 128 (Los Angeles, June 2022), where it sold for $72. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Shilling, 1871. Victoria. Young head. NGC graded AU-55." This shilling was struck 1838-87 for circulation. This subtype, with die numbers, was issued 1867-79.

Recorded mintage: 4,910,000.

Specification: 5.65 g, 0.925 fine silver, 23.6 mm diameter, reeded edge, 0.168 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: S.3906A; KM-734.2.

Source:

• 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, 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.
• Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Stephen Harvey and Vera Liu, Goldberg Sale 128: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2022.

Links to:

• 1870 shilling
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• 1871 penny
• 1871 sixpence
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• 1871 half sovereign
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• 1872 shilling
• Coins and currency dated 1871