Rarity of "Normal Date" 1888 Shilling

[VickySilver 848]

OK, DNW had an 1888 (not 1888/7 overdate as is the more common bit) yesterday. Despite my nomen, I haven't really kept track of these as I don't care for the Jub head & still find them ridiculous, never mind the rarity in higher preservation of the 1889 small head shilling and the evidently supreme rarity of the 1893 Jub sixpence in top condition.

How rare are these? A quick scan of ebay showed a couple of examples and they are hard to tell on more worn specimens there - the 8's look different on the non-overdate to me....

 

Any other comments??

[Rob 3,152]

Guesstimate of 5-10% but no more, maybe less. It's a good job the date isn't rare otherwise you might struggle to pick one up. As I recall, it took me a good year or two to find an acceptable example.

[mrbadexample 1,006]

I thought I had one of each but closer inspection shows both to be 8/7.

[VickySilver 848]

ESC has them at R3 which IMO may be a bit of a stretch. I  do have one but the question just came to mind.

[UPINSMOKE 456]

On 3/22/2016 at 7:03 PM, VickySilver said:

OK, DNW had an 1888 (not 1888/7 overdate as is the more common bit) yesterday. Despite my nomen, I haven't really kept track of these as I don't care for the Jub head & still find them ridiculous, never mind the rarity in higher preservation of the 1889 small head shilling and the evidently supreme rarity of the 1893 Jub sixpence in top condition.

How rare are these? A quick scan of ebay showed a couple of examples and they are hard to tell on more worn specimens there - the 8's look different on the non-overdate to me....

 

Any other comments??

Hi I have just been reading this thread and am interested to know how easy is it to tell the difference as I am collection an 1888 set at the moment. Anyone have both and can post pictures of the difference please. I have bought the 1888/7 from Colin Cook just would like to see what the differences are.

[Rob 3,152]

There is a picture of them side by side somewhere on the forum, but I can't remember where I posted it. I'll have to see if I can find the original.

Maybe 5-10% are straight 8s. They aren't that common.

[Rob 3,152]

Found it.

[UPINSMOKE 456]

Hi Rob thanks for that. I will now have to check mine and see if I can spot the over strike.  I may post a picture just to verify it with you.