Great Britain 1877 shilling

from Steve Album sale 45, lot 1493

This specimen was lot 1493 in Stephen Album sale 45 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2023), where it sold for $420. The catalog description^[1] noted, "|GREAT BRITAIN: Victoria, 1837-1901, AE shilling, 1877, die number 55, a wonderful lightly toned example! PCGS graded MS64." This type was struck 1867-79 as part of the young head type first struck in 1838. This date comes with die numbers (die 55 in this case).

Recorded mintage: 2,981,000.

Specification: 5.65 g, 0.925 fine silver, 23.6 mm diameter.

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

Source:

• 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.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 45, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

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