SH1872a

Shilling, 1872

Type: SH Shilling
Year: 1872
Mint: Royal Mint, ordinary issue
Variety: a
Mintage: 8,897,781 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 SH1872a 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-290 4 1
Davies: D900 5 B
Gouby: SH1872 A -
Bull: B3042 A3 1b
Rayner: R1324 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 £12.00
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 £425.00
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, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 113, 116, 117, 119, 121, 122, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 150, 151, 153, 155.