- Object name(s):
- English shilling; coin; uniface reverse
- Brief description:
- George VI uniface English shilling, 1937
- Collection:
- The Royal Mint Museum
- Associated person:
- George VI
- Person's association:
- ruler
- Associated place:
- United Kingdom
- Comments:
- The auction catalogue describes this coin as a pattern for the proposed coinage of Edward VIII, but Royal Mint die records show that the necessary tools were not made until after the Abdication and it therefore properly belongs to the reign of George VI.
- Dimension:
- weight
- Dimension measurement unit:
- g
- Dimension value:
- 5.57
- Inscription content:
- Inscription description:
- Royal Crest of England
- Inscription position:
- obverse
- Inscription position:
- reverse
- Inscription transliteration:
- MODEL · FID · DEF IND · IMP · · ONE · SHILLING · 1937
- Material:
- silver
- Object name:
- English shilling; coin; uniface reverse
- Object number:
- RMM 8178
- Object production date:
- 1937
- Object production organisation:
- Tower Hill
- Organisation's association:
- mint
- Object production person:
- Kruger Gray, George Edward
- Person's association:
- obverse designer
- Person's association:
- reverse designer
- Other number:
- Royal Mint File 9/MUS/029/0006 Part 2
- Other number type:
- Standard reference
- Other number type:
- Specimen reference
- Other number type:
- Archive reference
- Technical attribute measurement:
- Edge
- Technical attribute measurement unit:
- milled
- Technical attribute measurement:
- Die axis
- Technical attribute measurement unit:
- 360
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/0424f075-dbe3-3eed-8ceb-cd7e17a51c74
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/0424f075-dbe3-3eed-8ceb-cd7e17a51c74, The Royal Mint Museum, CC BY
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