SH1868a

Shilling, 1868

Type: SH Shilling
Year: 1868
Mint: Royal Mint, ordinary issue
Variety: a
Mintage: 3,330,360 struck Young Head
In the collection: 1 example, best at F Fine

Monarch: Victoria
Diameter: 24 mm
Weight: 5.7 g
Metal: Silver
Reverse: Coin (↑↓)

The mintage is the striking's, not this variety's — the varieties were never counted separately. An issue may also have been struck more than once, so another variety of SH1868a may belong to a different striking from this one.

Obverse inscription: VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F:D:
Reverse inscription: ONE SHILLING, Date

CC2000: VYSH-260 4 1
Davies: D896 5 B
Gouby: SH1868 A -
Bull: B3036 A3 1b
Rayner: R1318 A6 -

Condition & value

Held at Fine. Figures above are catalogue values for a better example.

VG Very Good Below the best grade held
F Fine Held £8.00
F+ Fine+ not catalogued
VF Very Fine £40.00
VF+ Very Fine+ not catalogued
EF Extremely Fine £150.00
EF+ Extremely Fine+ not catalogued
UNC Uncirculated £450.00
BU Brilliant Uncirculated not catalogued
FDC Fleur de Coin not catalogued

Catalogue figures from CY2026.

The example held

F Fine

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Obverse

No description recorded.

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Reverse

Die numbers seen: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54, 71?.