Great Britain 1915 shilling

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 75328

This specimen was lot 75328 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Shilling, 1915. London Mint. George V. PCGS MS-64." This type was struck in large numbers 1911-19, then reduced to 0.500 fine in 1920. The SCWC notes that the issues of World War One frequently come weak.

Recorded mintage: 39,279,000.

Specification: 5.65 g, 0.925 fine silver, 23.5 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: S-4013; KM-816.

Source:

• Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• 1913 shilling
• 1915 penny
• 1915 sixpence
• 1915 half crown
• 1915 sovereign
• 1916 shilling
• Coins and currency dated 1915