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v32 1st January 2013
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It is stressed that the following prices are a guide to retail prices only,
and are in UK pounds. They represent what you might have to pay a dealer,
rather than what you might be able to sell them for.
I can take no personal responsibility for their accuracy, although every effort
has been made to ensure that they have been copied correctly.
The information has generally been taken from the UK monthly magazine
Coin News,
and is reproduced by the kind permission of
Token Publishing Ltd, PO Box 14, Honiton, Devon EX14 9YP, UK
The headings F, VF, EF and Unc refer to the condition grades of the coins. A guide to evaluating grades is found on my UK Coin Values Index page.
Proof coins relatively often found are listed, but the absence of a mention does not mean that a proof of that year does not exist.
Oliver Cromwell, Charles II, James II, William & Mary, William III, Anne, George I, George II, George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II
Values of these hammered coins are not available.
Year F VF EF 1s 1658 650 1200 2400 1s 1658d extremely rare d: Dutch copy
Year F VF EF 1s 1658 700 1400 2750 1s 1658d extremely rare 1s 1663 110 400 1200 1s 1663v 225 800 1s 1666el 480 1500 6000 1s 1666elg 1800 4500 1s 1666 extremely rare 1s 1668 100 325 1200 1s 1668/7 130 400 1s 1669 extremely rare 1s 1669/6 extremely rare 1s 1670 140 500 1750 1s 1671 140 500 1750 1s 1671plb 400 1000 3500 1s 1672 140 550 1750 1s 1673 140 550 1750 1s 1673plb 350 1100 3500 1s 1673/2 175 600 1s 1674/3 150 550 1s 1674b2 150 500 2000 1s 1674plb 350 1100 3500 1s 1674plr 650 2000 4000 1s 1674b3 400 1500 1s 1675b2 200 800 1s 1675/4 210 850 1s 1675plb 350 1100 4000 1s 1675b3 350 1250 1s 1675/3 300 1100 1s 1676 125 450 1600 1s 1676/5 150 550 1s 1676plb 350 1400 4200 1s 1677 120 475 1600 1s 1677pl 700 2200 6000 1s 1678 140 500 1600 1s 1678/7 160 700 1s 1679 125 500 1750 1s 1679plb 350 1100 4000 1s 1679pl 650 2000 4000 1s 1679/7 160 600 1s 1680 ex rare 1s 1680plb 850 2500 4500 1s 1680/79 850 2500 1s 1681 300 850 3000 1s 1681/0 320 900 3100 1s 1681ec 2500 8000 1s 1682/1 900 2750 1s 1682 350 900 1s 1683b2 ex rare 1s 1683b4 200 600 2100 1s 1684 200 600 2100 v: First bust variety b2: Second bust b3: Third bust b4: Fourth (larger) bust el: elephant below bust elg: As above, but 'guinea' head plb: plumes both sides plr: plumes reverse only pl: plume below bust ec: elephant and castle
Year F VF EF 1s 1685 160 500 1600 1s 1685pl extremely rare 1s 1685ns 200 650 1s 1686 180 550 1750 1s 1686/5 225 600 1900 1s 1687 180 600 1800 1s 1687/6 180 550 1900 1s 1688 190 600 1900 1s 1688/7 180 500 1800 pl: plume in centre of reverse ns: no stops
Year F VF EF 1s 1692 175 500 2100 1s 1692i 210 550 2200 1s 1693 175 500 2100 i: inverted 1
Year F VF EF 1s 1695 40 120 600 1s 1696b1 40 100 425 1s 1696b1B 55 150 750 1s 1696b1C 55 150 750 1s 1696b1E 55 160 800 1s 1696b1N 45 140 700 1s 1696b1y 55 130 650 1s 1696b1Y 50 130 650 1s 1696b2 one known 1s 1696b3C 160 400 1250 1s 1696b3Y ex rare 1s 1697b1 50 110 400 1s 1697b1B 55 150 750 1s 1697b1C 55 140 750 1s 1697b1E 55 140 750 1s 1697b1N 55 130 725 1s 1697b1y 50 150 600 1s 1697b1Y 50 140 600 1s 1697b3 45 125 550 1s 1697b3B 55 140 600 1s 1697b3C 55 140 600 1s 1697b3E 55 140 700 1s 1697b3N 55 140 700 1s 1697b3y 55 140 650 1s 1697v3 50 130 450 1s 1697v3B 55 150 700 1s 1697v3C 110 525 1s 1698b3 70 200 750 1s 1698pl 200 500 1500 1s 1698b4 140 475 1650 1s 1699b4 110 400 1250 1s 1699b5 100 300 1000 1s 1699pl 150 450 1750 1s 1699r 160 500 1750 1s 1700 65 120 525 1s 1700plb 1800 5000 1s 1701 80 220 700 1s 1701pl 150 525 1650 b1: First bust b2: Second bust b3: Third bust v3: Third bust variety b4: Fourth bust b5: Fifth bust B: B below bust C: C below bust E: E below bust N: N below bust y: y below bust Y: Y below bust pl: Plumes on reverse plb: plumes below bust r: roses on reverse
Year F VF EF 1s 1702 80 300 700 1s 1702pl 90 275 800 1s 1702V 70 220 650 1s 1703V 65 180 600 1s 1704 500 1600 1s 1704pl 80 200 750 1s 1705 75 200 650 1s 1705pl 70 200 650 1s 1705rp 70 200 650 1s 1707rp 60 180 600 1s 1707b2E 50 125 500 1s 1707E* 70 200 700 1s 1707b3 35 100 400 1s 1707pl 50 160 750 1s 1707b3E 40 90 450 1s 1707E*E extremely rare 1s 1708E2 50 100 450 1s 1708E*2 55 165 700 1s 1708rp2 80 275 650 1s 1708b3 40 100 350 1s 1708pl 70 200 550 1s 1708E3 60 175 600 1s 1708/7E 100 300 1s 1708rp3 70 180 550 1s 1708E*E 60 170 525 1s 1709 50 125 500 1s 1709E* 50 170 650 1s 1709E 70 160 550 1s 1710rp3 60 140 600 1s 1710rp4 60 150 600 1s 1711b3 70 160 425 1s 1711b4 30 75 220 1s 1712rp 60 120 400 1s 1713rp 60 120 375 1s 1713/2rp 60 200 1s 1714rp 60 100 325 1s 1714/3rp ex rare b2E: E below second bust b3: Third bust b3E: E below third bust b4: Fourth bust E: E below bust E*: E* below bust E*2: E* below second bust E*E: E* below 'Edinburgh' bust E2: E below second bust E3: E below third bust pl: plumes on reverse rp: roses & plumes on reverse rp2: roses & plumes, second bust rp3: roses & plumes, third bust rp4: roses & plumes, fourth bust V: VIGO under bust
Year F VF EF 1s 1715rp 80 200 800 1s 1716rp 150 500 1800 1s 1717rp 80 250 1100 1s 1718rp 70 225 750 1s 1719rp 120 400 1400 1s 1720rp 70 175 450 1s 1720/18rp 150 500 1400 1s 1720 40 100 450 1s 1721rp 100 350 1400 1s 1721/0rp 70 220 850 1s 1721 120 450 1250 1s 1721/19 125 350 1s 1721/18 425 1500 1s 1722rp 80 220 900 1s 1723rp1 80 220 900 1s 1723SF 100 275 750 1s 1723S1 35 110 240 1s 1723S2 50 160 525 1s 1723rp2 90 240 1000 1s 1723WCC 500 1500 5000 1s 1724rp 80 200 750 1s 1724WCC 500 1500 5000 1s 1725rp 80 200 900 1s 1725WCC 550 1600 5250 1s 1726rp 600 1750 6250 1s 1726WCC 550 1600 5500 1s 1727rp extremely rare 1s 1727rpn extremely rare rp: roses & plumes on reverse rp1: roses & plumes, first bust rp2: roses & plumes, second bust rpn: roses & plumes, no stops on obverse S1: SSC on reverse, first bust SF: SSC on reverse, first bust, Arms of France at date S2: SSC on reverse, second bust WCC: WCC below bust *: 1721/0 is the roses & plumes type
Year F VF EF 1s 1727pl 75 300 950 1s 1727rp 60 180 650 1s 1728rp 65 180 650 1s 1728 75 220 700 1s 1729rp 60 200 700 1s 1731rp 70 200 700 1s 1731pl 75 350 1000 1s 1732rp 65 200 750 1s 1734rp 65 200 700 1s 1735rp 65 200 700 1s 1736rp 65 200 700 1s 1736/5 70 200 800 1s 1737rp 55 200 600 1s 1739r 50 150 425 1s 1739/7 extremely rare 1s 1741r 50 150 425 1s 1741/39 extremely rare 1s 1743r 30 80 325 1s 1745r 30 80 325 1s 1745L 28 85 310 1s 1745/3 60 175 400 1s 1746L 50 175 650 1s 1746/5 100 300 1s 1746 proof 1400 1s 1747r 45 100 375 1s 1750 35 120 350 1s 1750/6 60 150 500 1s 1751 100 275 750 1s 1758 20 50 140 L: LIMA under bust pl: plumes on reverse r: roses on reverse rp: roses & plumes on reverse
Year F VF EF Unc 1s 1763 450 800 1500 1s 1787nsh 15 30 80 1s 1787sh 15 30 80 1s 1798 18000 1s 1816 8 20 50 100 1s 1817 8 20 50 100 1s 1817e 110 250 600 1s 1818 9 22 85 150 1s 1819 8 20 50 100 1s 1819/8 15 35 80 1s 1820 8 20 50 100 nsh: no semee of hearts in 4th shield sh: semee of hearts in 4th shield e: GEOE instead of GEOR
Year F VF EF Unc 1s 1821 10 40 150 400 1s 1821 proof 900 1s 1823 40 75 250 550 1s 1824 10 40 150 375 1s 1825t2 20 50 150 500 1s 1825/3t2 ex rare 1s 1825t3 6 18 60 200 1s I825t3 ex rare 1s 1826 6 18 60 200 1s 1826 proof 450 1s 1827 30 70 200 475 1s 1829 20 60 175 425 t2: 1st bust, second reverse t3: 2nd bust, third reverse The rare 1825 type 3 has a capital i as the first numeral rather than a number 1.
Year F VF EF Unc 1s 1831 proof 600 1s 1834 15 35 170 400 1s 1835 15 35 170 400 1s 1836 15 35 170 400 1s 1837 20 60 200 500
Year F VF EF Unc 1s 1838 15 40 175 350 1s 1839WW 15 40 175 350 1s 1839WW proof 600 1s 1839nWW 18 40 160 350 1s 1840 18 40 160 350 1s 1841 20 45 160 350 1s 1842 18 40 160 350 1s 1843 18 50 180 425 1s 1844 14 40 150 325 1s 1845 14 40 150 325 1s 1846 14 40 150 325 1s 1848/6 70 150 550 900 1s 1849 25 50 170 500 1s 1850 500 1000 2500 5000 1s 1850/49 550 1100 3000 1s 1851 40 110 400 700 1s 1852 12 30 125 300 1s 1853 12 30 125 300 1s 1853 proof 850 1s 1854 150 350 1000 2200 1s 1854/1 170 650 1s 1855 10 30 110 250 1s 1856 10 30 110 250 1s 1857 10 30 110 250 1s 1857iG 150 400 1s 1858 10 30 110 275 1s 1859 10 30 110 275 1s 1860 10 30 110 320 1s 1861 12 40 150 425 1s 1862 40 120 275 800 1s 1863 110 300 750 1600 1s 1863/1 ex rare 1s 1864dn 10 30 110 225 1s 1865dn 10 30 110 225 1s 1866dn 10 30 110 225 1s 1866BB 80 220 700 1s 1867h2 10 35 110 260 1s 1867h3 100 400 1s 1868 10 40 110 250 1s 1869 12 45 110 275 1s 1870 10 40 100 250 1s 1871 10 40 100 250 1s 1872 10 40 100 250 1s 1873 10 40 100 250 1s 1874 10 40 100 250 1s 1875 10 40 100 250 1s 1876 10 40 100 300 1s 1877 10 40 100 250 1s 1878 10 40 100 250 1s 1879dn 20 55 200 500 1s 1879ndn 8 25 75 185 1s 1880 8 25 75 185 1s 1881 8 25 75 185 1s 1882 20 65 200 425 1s 1883 8 25 65 170 1s 1884 8 25 65 170 1s 1885 8 25 65 170 1s 1886 8 25 65 170 1s 1887y 8 25 65 170 WW: WW on truncation nWW: no WW on truncation BB: BBITANNIAR variety dn: die number above date h2: second head h3: third head iG: inverted G in DG ndn: no die number
Year F VF EF Unc 1s 1887j 4 8 15 40 1s 1887j proof 170 1s 1888 6 10 25 60 1s 1889sh 35 90 300 1s 1889lh 6 12 45 75 1s 1890 6 12 45 75 1s 1891 6 12 45 75 1s 1892 6 12 45 90 sh: small head as 1888 lh: large head as 1890
Year F VF EF Unc 1s 1893 5 10 30 65 1s 1893sl 5 10 30 65 1s 1893 proof 150 1s 1894 9 25 60 140 1s 1895 9 24 55 140 1s 1896 7 15 40 75 1s 1897 7 12 40 75 1s 1898 7 12 40 65 1s 1899 7 12 40 65 1s 1900 7 12 40 75 1s 1901 7 12 40 65 sl: small letters
Year F VF EF Unc 1s 1902 4 15 45 75 1s 1902 proof 75 1s 1903 10 35 140 475 1s 1904 8 35 120 440 1s 1905 80 250 900 3000 1s 1906 5 12 40 120 1s 1907 5 12 40 125 1s 1908 10 25 150 450 1s 1909 9 22 110 350 1s 1910 4 10 45 95
Year F VF EF Unc 1s 1911 4 8 20 55 1s 1911 proof 75 1s 1912 5 10 25 75 1s 1913 4 20 50 140 1s 1914 7 7 25 55 1s 1915 4 7 25 55 1s 1916 4 7 25 55 1s 1917 4 7 25 60 1s 1918 4 7 25 55 1s 1919 5 8 30 65Type 2: .500 Silver
Year F VF EF Unc 1s 1920 2 4 20 45 1s 1921 2 4 20 45 1s 1922 2 4 20 45 1s 1923 2 4 20 45 1s 1924 6 12 45 140 1s 1925 6 10 40 110 1s 1926 2 7 25 100Type 3: Modified Obverse
Year F VF EF Unc 1s 1926me 2 4 25 55 1s 1927me 2 4 25 55Type 4: New Design
Year F VF EF Unc 1s 1927t4 2 4 20 40 1s 1927t4 proof 55 1s 1928 2 4 15 40 1s 1929 2 4 15 40 1s 1930 2 4 18 45 1s 1931 2 4 15 40 1s 1932 2 4 15 45 1s 1933 2 4 15 35 1s 1934 2 4 18 50 1s 1935 4 10 22 1s 1936 4 9 20 me: modified (low relief) effigy t4: new design as 1928
Year F VF EF Unc 1s 1937E 2 4 6 1s 1937E proof 15 1s 1937S 2 4 6 1s 1937S proof 15 1s 1938E 3 10 20 1s 1938S 3 10 20 1s 1939E 2 4 6 1s 1939S 2 4 6 1s 1940E 4 7 1s 1940S 4 7 1s 1941E 4 6 1s 1941S 4 5 1s 1942E 4 5 1s 1942S 4 5 1s 1943E 4 6 1s 1943S 4 5 1s 1944E 4 5 1s 1944S 4 5 1s 1945E 4 6 1s 1945S 4 5 1s 1946E 4 5 1s 1946S 4 5 E: English reverse S: Scottish reverse
Year F VF EF Unc 1s 1947E 2 1s 1947S 2 1s 1948E 2 1s 1948S 2
Year F VF EF Unc 1s 1949E 5 1s 1949S 5 1s 1950E 5 1s 1950E proof 18 1s 1950S 5 1s 1950S proof 18 1s 1951E 5 1s 1951E proof 18 1s 1951S 6 1s 1951S proof 18 1s 1952E proof ex rare E: English reverse S: Scottish reverse
Year F VF EF Unc 1s 1953E 1 1s 1953E proof 4 1s 1953S 1 1s 1953S proof 4Type 2: No BRITT OMN
Year F VF EF Unc 1s 1954E 2 1s 1954S 2 1s 1955E 2 1s 1955S 2 1s 1956E 10 1s 1956S 10 1s 1957E 1 1s 1957S 10 1s 1958E 10 1s 1958S 1 1s 1959E 1 1s 1959S 1 3 10 30 1s 1960E 1 1s 1960S 1 1s 1961E 1 1s 1961S 3 1s 1962E 1 1s 1962S 1 1s 1963E 1 1s 1963S 1 1s 1964E 1 1s 1964S 1 1s 1965E 1 1s 1965S 2 1s 1966E 1 1s 1966S 1 1s 1970E proof 4 1s 1970S proof 4 E: English reverse S: Scottish reverse
Extracted from Coin News August 2011
The lack of a value for a grade means either that the coin is rarely found in that grade or that its value is less than £1.
Very worn coins of Victoria and later may be worth no more than bullion value.
On 21st October 2008 silver bullion was $9.95 per oz (£5.87). The shilling prior to 1920 contains 0.1682 oz of silver, and this gives a bullion value of about £0.99 or US$1.67.
Shillings from the period 1920 to 1946 contain 0.0909 oz of silver and thus have a bullion value of £0.53 or US$0.90.
Please note that the silver price and exchange rates fluctuate. Current bullion values may be available on my Bullion Value page.
Oliver Cromwell, Charles II, James II, William & Mary, William III, Anne, George I, George II, George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II
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