Please To Help With Value And Condition Of This UK Coin

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alexandercoins New Member Israel 20 Posts	Posted 03/01/2016 08:14 am hello please to help with market price, condition (i think F+) and how it rare this UK shilling 1 shilling 1854 year thank you * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 03/01/2016 08:46 am The reverse appears to be unworn, but affected by a corrosive environment. The obverse seems to grade about good VF (British grading), but affected almost as severely. It has a curious attractive quality nevertheless. I would value it as equivalent to a Fine coin, but it would buyers reasonably easily at a Fine condition price. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34428 Posts	Posted 03/01/2016 7:21 pm According to my Krause, there were 552,000 shillings minted in 1854. In this series (between 1838 and 1863), the '54 had the second lowest mintage behind the '51. I have no idea on how many were saved and therefore remain collectible though. Seems like it might be a nice catch for you, although clearly both faces have been degraded by something. I might have a second look at the rim right next to the second letter "I" in VICTORIA. It seems to me that there is a weird bubble shape there. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
alexandercoins New Member Israel 20 Posts	Posted 03/02/2016 01:40 am please see scan weight 5, 45 gr Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 03/02/2016 04:21 am This appears to have been in a fire and subsequently cleaned a long time ago. That can produce the strange surface this coin has, another alternative is exposure to a corrosive atmosphere. Report this Post to the Staff
peter1234 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1351 Posts	Posted 03/02/2016 04:53 am Mintages recorded are often irrelevant to the actual date on the coin. Many of the 552,414 shillings minted in 1854 were likely to have been made using 1853 dies. Hence the rarity. This follows with all denominations and years. With regard to the 1854 pictured it would probably be only wanted by die hard space filling collectors. It has had a very hard life.Value maybe a few £'s or maybe more depending on which way the wind is blowing. Report this Post to the Staff
alexandercoins New Member Israel 20 Posts	Posted 03/02/2016 05:56 am now I am worried. it looking more like original or more like fake? Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 03/02/2016 07:22 am I have seen the occasional example like this one, in the same sort of corroded condition. No. It is not a fake. Report this Post to the Staff
Anaximander Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 709 Posts	Posted 03/03/2016 12:58 pm Collectors coins GB lists the 1854 shilling as £250 in F condition. Report this Post to the Staff
peter1234 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1351 Posts	Posted 03/03/2016 7:01 pm Maybe a F does catalogue at £250 but there is no way the coin pictured is worth anything near this. Report this Post to the Staff
alexandercoins New Member Israel 20 Posts	Posted 03/03/2016 9:46 pm high or low from F? Report this Post to the Staff
peter1234 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1351 Posts	Posted 03/05/2016 3:10 pm In don't understand your question. It wouldn't get graded.There is no catalogue value for your 1/- Your guess on value is good as anyones.Put on ebay and it will find its level. Report this Post to the Staff
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