Material: .500 Silver (50% Ag, 50% Cu)
Diameter: 23.5 mm
Weight: 5.66 g
Actual Silver Weight (ASW): 0.091 troy oz
Mint / Mintmark: London (no mintmark)
Obverse: This vintage British coin represents the one shilling denomination, featuring the bareheaded portrait of King George V designed by Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal. The outer edge is bordered by the abbreviated Latin title, "GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX", translating directly to George V, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains. The portrait displays fine hair and beard details, with the king's neck seamlessly meeting the open, unadorned field of the coin. This circulating currency was widely used across Great Britain and the British Empire for daily commerce during the interwar period of the late 1920s.
Reverse: Crowned lion standing atop royal crown; legend FID: DEF: IND: IMP: ONE SHILLING 1929; design by George Kruger Gray.
Circa: 1929
Condition: Fine to Very Fine
Notes:
1/2
Treasure detail
UK 1929 Shilling
Under Review