Shilling 1839 Second Young Head, No WW, ESC 1283, Bull 2979, a crisp and sharp early strike, fully lustrous, with a tiny spot behind the Queen's neck, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 85
Shillings (4) 1839 Second Young Head, No W.W. ESC 1283, Bull 2979 GF/VF brushed, 1853 ESC 1300, Bull 3002 VF, 1855 ESC 1303, Bull 3006 VF deeply toned, the obverse with some scratches, 1857 Italic 57, the 7 with traces of an underlying digit (broken 7 or 5?) VG , the reverse slightly better
Shilling 1839 Second Young Head, no WW on truncation, as ESC 1283, Bull 2979, Davies 853 dies 2A, the obverse legend with a series of errors, namely:- T of VICTORIA with broken upright, A of VICTORIA with missing lower left serif, B of BRITANNIAR has no top serif, second N of BRITANNIAR has no top left serif, second A of BRITANNIAR is unbarred and has no lower left serif, no lower colon dot after BRITANNIAR, and no lower colon dot after REG. and broken I in FID, A/UNC and lustrous, an extremely unusual piece and worthy of further study
Shilling 1839 Second Young Head, No WW on truncation, ESC 1283, Bull 2979 UNC with very light cabinet friction on the obverse, displaying original mint lustre and touches of golden tone
Shilling 1839 Second Young Head, no WW on truncation, as ESC 1283, Bull 2979, Davies 853 dies 2A, the obverse legend with a series of errors, namely:- T of VICTORIA with broken upright, A of VICTORIA with extremely weak lower left serifs, second N of BRITANNIAR has no top left serif, second A of BRITANNIAR is unbarred and has no left serifs, no lower colon dot after BRITANNIAR, and no lower colon dot after REG. EF with some hairlines, an extremely unusual piece and worthy of further study
Shilling 1839 Second Young Head, No WW ESC 1283, Bull 2979 in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 85, the obverse with slightly uneven, green and gold tone, the reverse highly lustrous, a very high grade example, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 85, the finest known of 15 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
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 1839 No WW on truncation, as ESC 1283 but second A in BRITANNIAR unbarred with no left base serif, also the T in VICT and the F in F:D: have no bases, NEF and lustrous with a small edge nick, unusual and only the second example seen by us, the previous example in 'Lustrous UNC' realised £75- hammer price in our Auction A143 in December 2013 (Lot 2255)
CGS Yellow ticket holder items (11) Florin 1865 ESC 826 Coin type FL.V1.1865.01 VF cleaned, Shillings (8) 1839 Second Young HeadESC 1283 CGS type SH.V1.1839.04 Cleaned VF, 1877 ESC 1329 CGS type SH.V1.1877.01 Cleaned EF, 1880 Davies 914 CGS type SH.V1.1880.04 Cleaned VF 1881 Davies 915 CGS type SH.V1.1881.01 cleaned VF, 1884 Davies 921 CGS type SH.V1.1884.01 Cleaned VF, 1887 Young Head ESC 1349 CGS type SH.V1.1887.01 scratches EF, 1889 Large Head Davies 986 CGS type SH.V1.1889.03 Cleaned VF, 1919 ESC 1429 CGS type SH.G5 1919.01 Field damage EF, Sixpences (2) 1874 Crosslet 4 Die Number 38 with 8 over 8 CGS type SP.V1.1874.02 Field damage AU, 1941 ESC 1831 CGS type SP.G6.1941.01 Verdigris UNC
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