1 Shilling - George II Young bust 1739

[Citizen H]

1 Shilling - George II Young bust.....

I do recall reading that during a reign coins often became worn due to their frequent use and circulation.

was this the case with with George II that the coin become so bad such as this one ? Admittedly the reverse isn't so bad so .....

this has the next question.... how would this be graded?

 

 

[Sword]

I would probably grade it as poor/ fair. 

[wlewisiii]

Fair in my book. If I got it cheap enough, I'd not mind as one to have until I found one better. 

[Peckris 2]

I would say Poor/NF 

The reason it's so worn is that no silver was struck for currency between 1758 and 1816 (you can forget rarities like the Northumberland shilling, and the 1787 shillings and sixpences were special issues for certain banks customers which is why so many exist in high grade as they mostly didn't circulate). So the poor old George II shillings got so much use before 1816 that it's no wonder they got worn!

[Citizen H]

11 hours ago, wlewisiii said:

Fair in my book. If I got it cheap enough, I'd not mind as one to have until I found one better. 

well......these are ones that have been picked up years ago....I'm still working through boxes, what's to keep, what's to rehome... etc, I don't have this date and so.... I end up moving the coins on the page so they remain in date order.... its a real challenge wondering how many spaces to leave between coins just in case another one turns up....... 😟 Why? do I put my self through this????