SH1880a
Shilling, 1880
- Type
SHShilling- Year
1880- Mint
- Royal Mint, ordinary issue
- Variety
-
a - Mintage
- 4,842,786 struck Young Head
- In the collection
- 1 example, best at VG Very Good
- Monarch
- Victoria - Young Head (Fourth Head)
- 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
SH1880a 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-350 5 2- Davies
D913 7 C- Gouby
SH1880 A -- Bull
B3063 A4 1d
Condition & value
Held at Very Good. Figures above are catalogue values for a better example.
- VG Very Good Held £6.00
- F Fine £12.00
- F+ Fine+ not catalogued
- VF Very Fine £35.00
- VF+ Very Fine+ not catalogued
- EF Extremely Fine £150.00
- EF+ Extremely Fine+ not catalogued
- UNC Uncirculated £350.00
- BU Brilliant Uncirculated not catalogued
- FDC Fleur de Coin not catalogued
Catalogue figures from CY2026 (October 2026).
The example held
VG Very Good
Obverse
No description recorded.
Reverse
Cross on crown to gap, short SHILLING line