shilling 1817 i of honi over s

[Guest Zzubra]

Hello!

It seems to me that I have found the shilling that is not described in Spink or ESC. If I'm right what about the value of this coin?

Thanks

[Rob 3,152]

Hello!

It seems to me that I have found the shilling that is not described in Spink or ESC. If I'm right what about the value of this coin?

Thanks

Difficult to say. In 2001, DNW sold one for £732 including premium which was described as in brilliant mint state and one of only 4 known, but given that I had one of the 4 and have subsequently had 2 others (not previously recorded), combined with the other 3 listed in DNW and a few others that I know about the figure of 4 known is obviously adrift from reality which would reduce the value somewhat. Hazarding a guess on the total number of pieces out there, I would say we may be looking at less than 20, so R4 in ESC rarity terms but still a relatively scarce variety. There is obviously scope for reducing this rarity estimate depending on the number that come to light. Yours may be a previously recorded example.

In terms of value, the large rim nick doesn't help, but it looks to be worth at least a couple hundred quid and assuming it hasn't been cleaned or polished, I would give you that now.

Of the pieces I have seen to date, I had one struck from the same pair of dies to this (one of the original 4 known as described in the DNW sale) and another struck from the same reverse, but a different obverse die.

[Guest Zzubra]

Thanks.