Great Britain 1721 shilling KM-539.1
This specimen was lot 3089 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN: George I, 1714-1727, AR shilling, 1721/18, first bust, roses and plumes in wrong order in angles, a few light obverse scratches, very rare overdate, key variety, Very Good, R4 (Bull), ex Michael More Collection." This design was used on the shilling 1715-23 with several subtypes. This one has roses and plumes on the reverse; the issue of 1721 was divded between this and KM 539.2, with a plain reverse. Confusingly, the photo shown in the SCWC shows the reverse with "SS - C" (KM 539.3).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 6.02 g, 0.925 fine silver, 26 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-539.1, Spink-3645, ESC-1171A, Bull-1580.
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- 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 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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