SH1873a

Shilling, 1873

Type: SH Shilling
Year: 1873
Mint: Royal Mint, ordinary issue
Variety: a
Mintage: 6,489,598 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 SH1873a 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-295 4 1
Davies: D901 5 B
Gouby: SH1873 B -
Bull: B3043 A3 1b
Rayner: R3125 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 £6.00
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

No obverse photograph yet

Obverse

No description recorded.

No reverse photograph yet

Reverse

3 middle size, bottom loop more open. Die numbers seen: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 30, 31, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75, 76, 79, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 92, 93, 94, 96, 100, 101, 103, 105, 106, 107, 109, 110, 111, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125, 127, 128, 129, 131, 132, 135, 136, 137, 141.