Great Britain 1859 shilling

Heritage sale 3020, lot 24097

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 24097 in Heritage sale 3020 (Long Beach, September 2012), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Victoria Shilling 1859, Young Head, MS65 PCGS, a gem example with a nice sharp strike, smooth satiny luster, and lovely light silvery gold iridescence. Never dipped, totally original, and especially nice for the numerical grade given by PCGS; in fact, it's about as fine as we have seen." This shilling was struck 1838-87 for circulation.

Recorded mintage: 4,562,000 (highest mintage between 1839 and 1871).

Specification: 5.65 g, 0.925 fine silver, .042 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: S-3904, KM 734.1.

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.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• 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]Tucker, Warren, and Cris Bierrenbach, Heritage Signature Auction 3020: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.

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