Help With Identifying A George III Shilling

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Nedl15 New Member United Kingdom 7 Posts	Posted 12/01/2020 5:23 pm Hello all, I recently acquired this George III shilling, and was running some tests on it to determine whether it is genuine or not. It does not seem to be magnetic, as is to be expected, it's (mean't to be) 92% silver. However when I weighed it, it came up far lower than it should have (mean't to be 6.6g, came up as 3.3g). I was wondering if anyone here could give an opinion as to whether they think it's genuine or not, I'm fairly new to coin collecting, so I'm not really confident with this as of now, so all opinions will be greatly appreciated, many thanks in advance! Report this Post to the Staff

NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 17940 Posts	Posted 12/01/2020 5:37 pm Hello and I suspect that you actually have a 1787 sixpence rather than a shilling. The weight is about right for a sixpence. The sixpence should be 21mm in diameter and the shilling 25mm. My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff
Hogarth Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 735 Posts	Posted 12/01/2020 5:38 pm It looks genuine enough. Shame about the hole though, that wipes out any value it otherwise would have had as a collector's coin. Re. the weight: are you sure it's not a sixpence? They look the same but (roughly, from memory) the diameter of the shilling would be around 25mm while the sixpence is 20mm. Report this Post to the Staff
Hogarth Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 735 Posts	Posted 12/01/2020 5:40 pm Snap! Rob. You beat me to it by a matter of seconds. ;-) Report this Post to the Staff
Nedl15 New Member United Kingdom 7 Posts	Posted 12/01/2020 5:55 pm Thanks for the replies everyone! Just checked, has the right measurements to be sixpence, I'll go and do some more research on it now! Report this Post to the Staff
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