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Collection Two Shillings

TS1953a

Two Shillings, 1953

Type
TS Two Shillings
Year
1953
Mint
Royal Mint, ordinary issue
Variety
a
Mintage
11,958,710 struck
In the collection
1 example, best at UNC Uncirculated
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Diameter
28.5 mm
Weight
11.3 g
Metal
Copper 75%, Nickel 25%
Reverse
Medal (↑↑)

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 TS1953a may belong to a different striking from this one.

Obverse inscription
+ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA BRITT: OMN: REGINA
Reverse inscription
FID: DEF: , TWO SHILLINGS, Date
CC2000
EZFL-005 1 1
Davies
D2360 1 A
Gouby
FL1953 A -
Bull
B4393 A 1
Rayner
R968F A -

Condition & value

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

  1. VG Very Good Below the best grade held
  2. F Fine Below the best grade held
  3. F+ Fine+ Below the best grade held
  4. VF Very Fine Below the best grade held
  5. VF+ Very Fine+ Below the best grade held
  6. EF Extremely Fine Below the best grade held
  7. EF+ Extremely Fine+ Below the best grade held
  8. UNC Uncirculated Held £3.00
  9. BU Brilliant Uncirculated not catalogued
  10. FDC Fleur de Coin not catalogued

Catalogue figures from CY2026.

The example held

UNC Uncirculated

No obverse photograph yet

Obverse

I of ELIZABETH to gap

No reverse photograph yet

Reverse

No description recorded.