Shilling 1890 ESC 1357, Bull 3144, a superb example UNC and with golden toning a choice coin, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 85, the joint finest known of 30 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report, one of a small group of choice Jubilee Head Shillings offered in this sale
Shilling 1891 ESC 1358, Bull 3145, a choice lustrous UNC example the reverse with light toning, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 85, the joint finest known of 16 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report. one of a small group of choice Jubilee Head Shillings in this sale
Shilling 1817 ESC 1232, Bull 2144, UNC and choice with grey, magenta and cyan toning, a superb example of the type, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 85
Shilling 1889 Large Jubilee HeadESC 1355, Bull 3142, Davies 987 dies 3D a choice example UNC and with golden toning, very desirable in this grade, one of a small group of choice Jubilee Head Shillings in this sale, the second finest known of 19 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
Shilling 1900 ESC 1369, Bull 3165 UNC with a choice and colourful tone, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 85, the joint finest known of 40 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report, superb example and seldom seen in this choice grade
Shilling 1869 ESC 1319, Bull 3037, Die Number 4, EF once cleaned, a rare date and possibly under-rated, our archive database shows we have sold only 5 examples in 13 years
Shilling 1893 Smaller Obverse Letters ESC 1361A, Bull 3153, Davies 1010 dies 1A Choice UNC and with a beautiful olive and gold tone, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 85
Shilling 1816 as ESC 1228, Bull 2140 the top bar of the E in REX not struck in the centre, UNC with blue, gold and olive toning, the reverse with the lightest of cabinet friction
Shilling 1914 ESC 1424, Bull 3803 Lustrous UNC and choice, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 82, the second finest known of 19 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
Shilling 1917 ESC 1427, Bull 3806 UNC and lustrous with a hint of golden tone, an extremely attractive example, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 82, the second finest known of 15 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
Shilling 1884 ESC 1343, Bull 3074, Davies 921 dies 7D, Lustrous UNC a very pleasing example the obverse showing the full strike at the front of the Queen's hairline, this often weak on the later Young Head issues
Shilling 1850 50 over 49 or 46 ESC 1297, Bull 2997/2998 About VF/VF and Very Rare. All 1850 Shillings very rare, with the overdate variety even more so. The second finest example of this type we have offered, only the Andrew Wayne Collection example was superior
Shilling 1904 ESC 1413, Bull 3590 UNC or very near so and lustrous, sharply struck, a small stain in the King's hair visible under strong magnification barely detracts, rare in this high grade
Shilling 1709 Third Bust, Plain in angles and below Bust ESC 1154, Bull 1402 Pleasing VF with touches of old golden tone and excellent eye appeal, the reverse with two small scratches on REG
Shillings (2) 1838 ESC 12789, Bull 2973 EF with some light surface marks and some small areas of dark toning in places, 1868 ESC 1318, Bull 3036 Die Number 16 EF with some hairlines and some dirt and dark toning in the legends
Shilling 1855 ESC 1303, Bull 3006, UNC with original mint lustre and a hint of golden tone, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 80, the second finest of only 3 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
Shilling 1716 Roses and PlumesESC 1163 NVF with even grey toning, Very Rare, we note that this is only the third example we have offered in 16 years, the finest being a VF example offered way back in London Coins Auction A129 7/6/2010 and realised £950 hemmer price in VF
Shilling 1905 ESC 1414, Bull 3591 VF/GVF or better, the obverse with some contact marks, the reverse bold and with excellent eye appeal, the key date in the series
Florin 1895 ESC 879, Bull 2965, Davies 836, dies 1A, the obverse with the first I of VICTORIA pointing between two rim teeth, the reverse with the left leg of the H of SHILLINGS pointing to an inner bead. Lustrous UNC with a very small edge bruise by the 8 of the date, by far the scarcer of the two types and rare in high grade, only the third example we have offered in 15 years, so possibly rarer than catalogues would suggest
Shilling 1893 Small Obverse Letters ESC 1361, Davies 1010 dies 1A, Choice and lustrous UNC in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 88, the finest known of 53 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report. Cataloguer's Note: There have been over 40,000 coins graded since this coin was submitted and the grade has yet to be beaten. There have been a further 23 1893 currency Shillings graded of Davies 1011 (dies 2A) with only one grade 88 coin recorded, so only two examples have been recorded in grade 88 of a total of 76 currency Shillings for this date
Shilling 1677 Second Bust, with D over misplaced D in DEI, the underlying D way to the right and touching the E, as ESC 1050, Bull 542, Fine with some light haymarking, unusual
Shilling 1709 E* ESC 1152, Bull 1444, no stops after REG, MAG and FR, Reversed Z-type 1 and narrow 0 in date, (see illustration in Bull page 199), die axis upright, Fine with some surface marks, the * after the E bold and clear, Rare
Shilling 1921 ESC 1431, Bull 3813, Davies 1807 dies 4E Obverse: Low relief head with I of GEORGIVS pointing to a space between two rim teeth, Reverse: Tuft on lion's tail in closer to the M of IMP, the right leg of the N of IND points to a space between two rim teeth, the second scarcest die pairing of the five pairings known for this date EF/GEF, we note the example in the Peter Davies collection described as toned A/UNC realised £250 hammer price way back in our Auction A124 in February 2009
Shilling 1739 Roses as ESC 1201, Bull 1713, the T of A.T overstruck, T of ET overstruck and the following E overstruck, all letters blundered with the underlying figures unclear, Good Fine
Shilling 1707E Third Bust, the E below the bust thin and wiry, the 0 in date resembles a Q, Bull 1428, (see illustration Fig.13 in Bull page 198) Fine/About Fine with much of the obverse and reverse double struck, unusual
Shilling 1666 Guinea Head with Elephant below ESC 1027, Bull 509, Fair/NVG the obverse with scratches, the reverse with some weak areas, however a key rarity with very few pieces in exisence, rated at R4 by Bull and ESC, this type missing from all but the most advanced Shilling collections, our archive database stretching back to 2003 shows that this is the first we have offered
Shilling 1687 7 over 6, G of MAG struck over an A, ESC 1072A, Bull 770, VF lightly toned, our archive database shows that this is only the third example we have offered since 2003
Shilling 1697 First Bust, Irish shield at date, ESC 1091B, Bull 1119, rated R5 by Bull, we note the lion of Nassau also rotated by 90 degrees, and very unusual, VG/approaching Fine with some weakness, our archive database shows that we have not previously offered an example in 15 years, internet searches have not shown any transactions for this variety
Shilling 1711 Third Bust ESC 1157, Bull 1407 VG the reverse slightly better, the obverse with some scratches, very rare, rated R4 by ESC (11-20 examples believed to exist), our archive database shows that this is only the third example we have offered in 15 years
Penny 1847 DEF Far Colon, No Colon after REG, the Reverse appears to be a sharper early strike, the shield having two distinct sharp raised lines, the rose also differing in that there are lines between the petals, in the style of the later Victorian Veiled Head Shilling reverses, About VF with many contact marks and several edge knocks, nevertheless a very rare and recently discovered variety, with few example believed to exist
Shilling 1724 WCC, ESC 1182, Bull 1595, Fine, with surface porosity through having been in the ground, very rare in any grade, we note that our archive database stretching back to 2003 states that, of the six previous example we have offered, five have been VG, the other Fine, all the VG examples have realised £420 or more hammer price, the Fine example realising £1050 hammer price
One Shilling and SixpenceBank Token 1811 GEF, Shilling 1825 Lion on Crown the 5 in the date double struck GVF, Sixpences (3) 1821 B of BRITANNIAR double struck, 1826 Lion on Crown the date double struck NVF, 1829 NEF, Groat 1888 GVF/NEF
Shilling 1857 with italic 57 in date (tall 5 and 7) also with 7 over 7, and different to the 7 over 5 dies, (see illustrations in Bull, page 429) GEF and lustrous with some hairlines
Shilling 1839 No WW on truncation, as ESC 1283, Bull 2979, but the A in VICTORIA with no left base serif, also the T in VICT has half an upright and only traces of a base, also the F in F:D: has part of the base missing. unusual, EF/GEF starting to tone
Shilling 1874 Crosslet 4 in date, ESC 1326, Bull 3044, Davies 903, dies 5B, Die Number 15, this the highest die number recorded for the Crosslet 4 type, EF with some contact marks
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