1867 Shilling Die 5A

[lordshill1867 1]

For those of you who are interested in the die numbers of Victoria shillings I can confirm I have an 1867 shilling with dies 5A. Davies shows this as unrecorded but from correspondence that I have it does seem as though this coin has been found before.

[lordshill1867 1]

Sorry - forgot to add it comes from Die 23

[Peckris 579]

Sorry - forgot to add it comes from Die 23

Do you have pictures?

[Coinery 1,260]

When you say correspondence, do you mean with Peter Davies himself?

[lordshill1867 1]

Yes - I do have pictures but the file is too large to upload on this site - if you let me have your email address I would be very happy to send them to you.

As far as correspondence is concerned - no, I have not spoken to Peter Davies, just to another collector - I would be pleased to discuss this with him but do not have any contact details - are you able to provide these?

Regards

[lordshill1867 1]

My email address is - johncoldandcommon@btinternet.com

[azda 983]

Use a picture Hosting site such as photobucket and the copy the IMG url into your reply

[Nick 329]

It is a known, but rare, die pairing for the 1867 shilling. London Coins sold one 5 years ago.

[lordshill1867 1]

Many thanks for this - just to add - I also have a die 23 which is the "normal" 4A so clearly die 23 has a mixture of the two - 4A and 5A

[lordshill1867 1]

Also as regards London Coins - they recently sold an 1867 Die18 shilling which they also described as Dies 5A - it is clearly Dies 4B!!!

I did email them but they have not responded!!

[Nick 329]

Many thanks for this - just to add - I also have a die 23 which is the "normal" 4A so clearly die 23 has a mixture of the two - 4A and 5A

The obverse dies typically wear out more quickly, so if reverse die 23 was in use when the change occurred from obverse 4 to 5, it is likely that some of both exist.

[Nick 329]

Also as regards London Coins - they recently sold an 1867 Die18 shilling which they also described as Dies 5A - it is clearly Dies 4B!!!

I did email them but they have not responded!!

They are usually pretty good with identifying varieties, but on that occasion they cocked up.

[Peckris 579]

My email address is - johncoldandcommon@btinternet.com

Not a good idea posting a raw email address in any forum. Admins - do you think you could amend this with an ' AT ' instead of '@' and ' DOT ' instead of '.'? Bots trawl forums like these all the time looking for valid emails among other things.

[lordshill1867 1]

Thanks for this - clearly I am very naive when it comes to computers but I thought the world was full of nice people

[declanwmagee 122]

And so it is, John! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

[Peckris 579]

Thanks for this - clearly I am very naive when it comes to computers but I thought the world was full of nice people

I'm sure it is! But a 'bot' isn't people, though people certainly created it, for the purpose of making lots of money out of spam and botnets.

[just.me 23]

Was it the one from Croatia by any chance?

[just.me 23]

[azda 983]

They won't respond as they are

Never wrong, in their eyes at least

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[Coinery 1,260]

And so it is, John! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

Nice!

[Coinery 1,260]

My email address is - johncoldandcommonbtinternetcom

Email sent, John!