South Africa 1938 shilling

Heritage sale 3010, part of lot 21851

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was part of lot 21851 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), which sold for $5,750. The catalog description^[1] noted, "George VI eight-piece Proof Set 1938, Farthing-Halfcrown, all toned Proof, most with some PVC that can be removed to bring out the full mirrored fields. A very scarce set with tiny a mintage of only 44 sets. Included is the original case of issue." This type was struck 1937-47. This date is common. In 1948, the obverse legend was revised to drop "IMPERATAOR".

Recorded mintage: 1,160,000 plus 44 proof sets.

Specification: 5.65 g, 0.800 fine silver, 23.6 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 28, KM PS13 for the set.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Hern, Brian, John Bothma and Hercie Pieterse, Hern's Handbook on South African Coins & Patterns, Ferndale, South Africa, 2013.
• ^[1]Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.

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