SH1885a
Shilling, 1885
- Type
SHShilling- Year
1885- Mint
- Royal Mint, ordinary issue
- Variety
-
a - Mintage
- 3,336,527 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
SH1885a 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-400 5 2- Davies
D923 7 F- Gouby
SH1885 A -- Bull
B3076 A4 1d- Rayner
R1345 A7 -
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 £140.00
- EF+ Extremely Fine+ not catalogued
- UNC Uncirculated £300.00
- 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
No description recorded.