Great Britain 1891 shilling
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from the Mountain Groan Collection
This type was struck 1889-92 and is known as the "Jubilee head" for Queen Victoria (r. 1837-1901). It is a fairly readily available shilling in nice condition and none of the dates are rare.
Recorded mintage: 5,665,000.
Specification: 5.65 g, .925 fine silver, .168 troy oz ASW, 23.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S-3926, KM 774.
- 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.
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