† Very Rare First A of GRATIA Unbarred Silver Shilling Dated 1858
† Victoria (1837-1901), silver Shilling, 1858, second A in legend unbarred, second young head left, legend VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:, toothed border around rim both sides, 13 border teeth from A to A of GRATIA, first I of legend to border bead, upright of B to bead and second I in Britanniar to space, rev. inverted die axis, ONE / SHILLING in two lines at centre of crowned laurel and oak wreath, date below with unusual second 8 in date, edge milled, weight 5.65g (cf.Bull 3011; Davies 873 dies 2+A; ESC 1306; S.3904). Toned, good extremely fine with a clear error with effectively an inverted V for A, presumably rare.
† This item is subject to 5% import duty.