Anti-climactic finish to my George V shilling set

shirohniichan

Here's the last coin I needed to finish my set (excluding varieties):



It only cost me $17.50, so I guess I saved a cheap coin for last.

Country Denomination Grams Fineness ASW (oz.) Collection Condition
Australia shilling 5.650 0.925 0.1680 1917 EF+
British Honduras 25 cents 5.810 0.925 0.1728 1911 net VF
British West Africa shilling 5.655 0.925 0.1682 1913 ch AU
Canada 25 cents 5.832 0.925 0.1734 1919 AU
Ceylon 50 cents 5.832 0.550 0.1031 1924 BU
Cyprus 9 piastres 5.665 0.925 0.1680 1921 AU
East Africa shilling 7.776 0.250 0.0625 1925 choice BU
Fiji Islands shilling 5.665 0.500 0.0909 1934 AU
Great Britain shilling 5.665 0.925 0.1682 1911 BU
shilling 5.6552 0.500 0.0909
India 1/2 rupee 5.830 0.917 0.1719 1926 AU
Mauritius 1/2 rupee 5.830 0.916 0.1717 1934 BU
New Guinea shilling 5.380 0.925 0.1600 1936 BU
New Zealand shilling 5.650 0.500 0.0908 1935 AU+
Newfoundland 25 cents 5.832 0.925 0.1734 1917C AU-58
South Africa shilling 5.660 0.800 0.1455 1923 AU+
Southern Rhodesia shilling 5.600 0.925 0.1683 1936 EF+
Straits Settlements 20 cents 5.430 0.800 0.1396 1927 EF

All I need now is a 1927 to 1936 British shilling to fill in a missing variety. Once I'm done I'll buy a caliper and measure the coins so I can inquire about getting a custom Dansco album made.

Aethelred

Is the coin as grainy as the photo makes it look?

shirohniichan

<< <i>Is the coin as grainy as the photo makes it look? >>



Nope. My scanner stinks.

JamminJ

Congrats on completeing a set!

Any clue as to what your next collectring endeavor will be?

-JamminJ

newsman

Interesting that even the shillings have different weights and finenesses from colony to colony. Were the values different relative to the British pound?

syraq

I noticed that too, I would have thought that they were all the same.

lordmarcovan

Darkhorse

Does this mean you'd be willing to sell my 1925 lion back to me?

Philip

Congratulations

shirohniichan

<< <i>Does this mean you'd be willing to sell my 1925 lion back to me? >>



Ummmm.... nah. I don't dispose of my collections when I finish them.

Interesting that even the shillings have different weights and finenesses from colony to colony. Were the values different relative to the British pound?

I still need to research that. It appears the British really took fiat money to heart in 1927 by lowering the fineness of their coins, and British West Africa reverted to tin-bronze in 1920. I have one of the tin-bronze shillings, but I forgot to include it in my list.

laurentyvan

nah. I don't dispose of my collections when I finish them.

shirohniichan

Here's a coin I got at Long Beach on Saturday. It's kind of a "tweener" coin. It is the size of a shilling, but since it's only .250 fine silver it's closer in value to a 6 pence.




It looks to have EF to AU details but is toned darkly. I'll take a closer look with a loupe and decide if I want to remove some of the grunge with MS70. I don't like the idea of dipping it, though.

DBSTrader2

Shiro:

What is the entry after Great Britain supposed to be? It has a "shilling" and ASE, weight, etc info, but no country or date................

I'm taking your list just for fun to see which of them I have as well - - alothough surely NOT in the same condition as yours!

- - Dave


UPDATE: I possess a measely 7 out of the 18 examples listed..............

shirohniichan

<< <i>What is the entry after Great Britain supposed to be? It has a "shilling" and ASE, weight, etc info, but no country or date................
- - Dave >>



That's an entry for GB shillings minted after the change from .925 fine silver to .500 fine (1927 to 1936 for the George V type set).

worldcoinguy

Congrats - thats a neat set! I like the "grunge" on the east africa piece also - gives it character.

Sapyx

An impressive list.


<< <i>Interesting that even the shillings have different weights and finenesses from colony to colony. Were the values different relative to the British pound? >>


Sometimes. Here in Australia, for example, British and Australian coinage circulated at par, side by side - until 1920, when the British debased their silver coinage, and Australia did not. British coins were withdrawn from circulation and no longer legal tender here, but the exchange rate was still fixed at 1:1. It wasn't until 1929, when Australia went off the gold standard before Britain did, that the situation changed, with the ratio eventually being fixed at 20 Australian shillings to 16 British shillings. Australia maintained this 1.25:1 ratio until we converted from pounds to dollars in 1966; the new dollar was pegged to the US dollar, rather than the British pound.

Ironic, that the Australian shilling was worth less than the British one, even though the bullion value of the silver coins was always higher. That's the colonial mentality we had at the time, I suppose.

coinkat

congrats