A nice shilling for the missus

[Sovsaver]

Well, for both of us really. We are going to slowly work on a collection of silver coins. We have considered maundy and shillings so far. Both of us are complete novices as far a silver coins go so of course at this stage we are looking at various coin dealer websites and gasping with delight at the unc examples but rejecting the eye watering prices.

Then I spotted this one, 1787 shilling with hearts. I don't have an up to date price guide, but used an online source. I believe the coin below to be getting on for aEF, reverse seems to have nice detail but the strike on the obverse seems a little weak maybe, or it's just down to contrast, not sure about that. What do you folks think about this one?

[Stuntman]

That looks very nice - it's better than the one I have.  Mine is VF.

I recognise the website and the coin - the price is about right I would say, possibly a bit on the high side but it's a very decent coin and a really nice thing to have in hand.  They are quite common though.

[Neuri0n]

I've been shilling silver to my missus for 5 years now, she's still not biting. 

[Sovsaver]

On 26/10/2022 at 08:44, Stuntman said:

That looks very nice - it's better than the one I have.  Mine is VF.

I recognise the website and the coin - the price is about right I would say, possibly a bit on the high side but it's a very decent coin and a really nice thing to have in hand.  They are quite common though.

Then I found another one slightly lower price, better detail but patchy toning on the obverse, reverse looks very nice to my eye, even as good as EF. I'm not sure about that patchy toning, hard to say if it was cleaned then an attempt to artificially tone it, for my inexperienced eye anyway. I do like the detail though.

[Stuntman]

Looks very nice in the pictures, and in my opinion it doesn't look as if has been cleaned.  Hard to know sometimes until you have the coin in hand.  

These coins are nice pieces of history; the last (easily affordable) early milled silver shilling.  One of these, and an 1816 new coinage George III shilling would make a nice pair of shillings in a collection.  Decent examples of both coins are quite easy to find for reasonable money, although neither coin is going to increase massively in value.  Just enjoy being their custodian for a while.

 

[Stuntman]

Gratuitous photos 😊

[SidS]

I've always preferred the early milled variant.

Whilst I can't knock Pistrucci's exceptional workmanship on the 1816-1820 era coins, they're bloody ugly designs. The crown and sovereign perhaps are the exceptions.

[Mrpound]

I have this one for £50 if interested 

[Roy]

A nice shilling for the missus

Sounds like a fair swap 😉

[Sovsaver]

56 minutes ago, Roy said:

A nice shilling for the missus

Sounds like a fair swap 😉

Omg, I can't believe it's taken 3 days! I set it up. To be honest I'd even take a sixpence for her, oh I hope she doesn't get an account any time soon.🫣

[Sovsaver]

9 hours ago, Mrpound said:

I have this one for £50 if interested 

Thanks for the offer, I will hold out for a aEF to EF though. I've seen plenty in that grade around.

[Mrpound]

7 hours ago, Sovsaver said:

Thanks for the offer, I will hold out for a aEF to EF though. I've seen plenty in that grade around.

No worries, good luck on the hunt 🙏

[CollectForFun]

On 28/10/2022 at 23:27, Sovsaver said:

Then I found another one slightly lower price, better detail but patchy toning on the obverse, reverse looks very nice to my eye, even as good as EF. I'm not sure about that patchy toning, hard to say if it was cleaned then an attempt to artificially tone it, for my inexperienced eye anyway. I do like the detail though.

I know some collectors prefer the sharpest details possible and do not care so much about the patina covering those details, but personally I consider such uneven dark patches very distracting. Even if details are really well preserved on this coin.

[Sovsaver]

We did get the shilling in the end, 1787 with hearts. It was an eBay purchase from bucks coins. It has nice detail but seems very clean, dipped I guess, but on the whole we like it, so ultimately that's what counts. Also picked up a couple of nice 6d, but that's another story😁