Shilling 1898, Coin from United Kingdom

Shilling 1898, Coin from United Kingdom (demonetised 1990)

Coin	Shilling 1898

The pre-decimal shilling (1s), also abbreviated in sums as e.g. 1/- for one shilling, was a unit of currency equalling one twentieth of a pound sterling, or twelve pence sterling; the "s" in the abbreviation is not from "shilling" but from "sestertius" - the Roman coin which was the ancestor of the denomination. It was used in the United Kingdom, and earlier in Great Britain and England.

This type of shilling was introduced when the earlier "shield" type of shilling" was discontinued only five years after its introduction. For the first time, the designs of the smaller silver denominations diverged and this type of shilling looks different from the sixpence issued at the same time; instead, it matches the florin (two shillings). Its reverse represents England, Ireland and Scotland - constituent parts of the United Kingdom; Wales is not represented.

This design was short lived too, and was superseded by a Lion on Crown type at the beginning of the reign of King Edward VII in 1902.

The composition is Sterling Silver (0.925 silver) and the coins have 0.1682 oz ASW (ounce of Absolute Silver Weight). When the currency became decimal in 1971, shillings were re-denominated as five new pence; they remained legal tender until 1990, when a smaller type of five pence replaced them. Thus, a shilling coin issued in 1898 was legal tender for 92 years.

Mint	Royal Mint	Mint Mark	No mint mark	Total Mintage	9,768,703 (9.8 million)
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Obverse

The obverse of the coin features the crowned bust of Queen Victoria facing left and wearing a widows's veil in mourning for her husband Prince Albert - her last official effigy (by Sir Thomas Brock), known also as the Veiled Head or Old Head.

The veil of a widow falls over the back of her crown; she wears a pearl necklace and a pendant; on the left lapel of the mantle, exhibited full-face, is the ribbon and Star of the Garter, part of the outer edge of which is covered by the veil.

In the field below the bust in small letters are the artist's initials T.B..

Around, the monarch's legend: VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·. Translated from Latin: Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the Britains Queen, Defender of the Faith, Empress of India.

Obverse Inscription	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·

Reverse

There reverse of the coin features, partly within the Garter of the Order of the Garter, three shields with the arms of England (top left) featuring three lions walking to left, Scotland (top right) featuring a rampant lion, and Ireland (below) featuring a harp, each crowned with St Edward's crown. Between the shields, a rose (above), thistle (below left) and shamrock (below right), the floral emblems of England, Scotland and Ireland respectively.

The Garter surrounding the shields is inscribed with the Royal motto HONI · SOIT · QUI · MAL · Y · PENSE ·, partly obscured by the shields. "Honi soit qui mal y pense" is an Anglo-Norman maxim which means "Shame on whosoever would think badly of it".

The Garter is surrounded by a beaded circle. In the outer rim, around above the value and denomination ONE SHILLING; below, divided by the pendant of the Garter, the date of issue 1898.

Reverse Inscription	ONE SHILLING 1898 HONI · SOIT · QUI · MAL · Y · PENSE ·

Edge	Milled	Edge Inscription	None

Shilling 1898: References to Information Used

Source	Edition	About
Museums Victoria Collections	2016	Coin description
Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins	1971	Mint
Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins	1971	Mintage

Showing 100 from a total of 181 coins of type: Shilling

Coin Name	Mintage	Effigy	Legend
Shilling 1816	unknown	King George III - Small Head	GEOR: III D: G: BRITT: REX F: D: 1816
Shilling 1817	23,031,360	King George III - Small Head	GEOR: III D: G: BRITT: REX F: D: 1817
Shilling 1818	1,342,440	King George III - Small Head	GEOR: III D: G: BRITT: REX F: D: 1818
Shilling 1819	7,595,280	King George III - Small Head	GEOR: III D: G: BRITT: REX F: D: 1819
Shilling 1820 King George III	7,975,440	King George III - Small Head	GEOR: III D: G: BRITT: REX F: D: 1820
Shilling 1820 King George IV	unknown	King George IV - Laureate Head	GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:
Shilling 1821	2,463,000	King George IV - Laureate Head	GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:
Shilling 1823	693,000	King George IV - Laureate Head	GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:
Shilling 1824	4,158,000	King George IV - Laureate Head	GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:
Shilling 1825 Second Issue	2,459,000	King George IV - Laureate Head	GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:
Shilling 1825 Third Issue	2,459,000	King George IV - Bare Head	GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA · 1825 ·
Shilling 1826	6,352,000	King George IV - Bare Head	GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA · 1826 ·
Shilling 1827	574,000	King George IV - Bare Head	GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA · 1827 ·
Shilling 1829	879,000	King George IV - Bare Head	GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA · 1829 ·
Shilling 1831 (Proof only)	unknown	King William IV - Bare Head	GULIELMUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:
Shilling 1834	3,223,000	King William IV - Bare Head	GULIELMUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:
Shilling 1835	1,449,000	King William IV - Bare Head	GULIELMUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:
Shilling 1836	3,568,000	King William IV - Bare Head	GULIELMUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:
Shilling 1837	479,000	King William IV - Bare Head	GULIELMUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:
Shilling 1838	1,956,240	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1839	5,666,760	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1840	1,639,440	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1841	875,160	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1842	2,094,840	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1843	1,465,200	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1844	4,466,760	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1845	4,082,760	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1846	4,031,280	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1848	1,041,480	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1849	645,480	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1850	685,080	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1851	470,071	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1852	1,306,574	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1853	4,256,188	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1854	522,414	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1855	1,368,499	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1856	3,168,000	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1857	2,562,120	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1858	3,108,600	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1859	4,561,920	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1860	1,671,120	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1861	1,382,040	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1862	954,360	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1863	859,320	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1864	4,518,360	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1865	5,619,240	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1866	4,989,600	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1867	2,166,120	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1868	3,330,360	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1869	736,560	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1870	1,467,471	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1871	4,910,010	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1872	8,897,781	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1873	6,589,598	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1874	5,503,747	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1875	4,353,983	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1876	1,057,387	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1877	2,980,703	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1878	3,127,131	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1879	3,611,407	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1880	4,842,786	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1881	5,255,332	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1882	1,611,786	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1883	7,281,450	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1884	3,923,993	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1885	3,336,527	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1886	2,086,819	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1887 Wreath	4,034,133	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Shilling 1887 Shield	4,034,133	Queen Victoria - Jubilee Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT: REGINA F: D:
Shilling 1888	4,526,856	Queen Victoria - Jubilee Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT: REGINA F: D:
Shilling 1889 Small Head	7,039,628	Queen Victoria - Jubilee Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT: REGINA F: D:
Shilling 1889 Large Head	7,039,628	Queen Victoria - Jubilee Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT: REGINA F: D:
Shilling 1890	8,794,042	Queen Victoria - Jubilee Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT: REGINA F: D:
Shilling 1891	5,665,348	Queen Victoria - Jubilee Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT: REGINA F: D:
Shilling 1892	4,591,622	Queen Victoria - Jubilee Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT: REGINA F: D:
Shilling 1893	7,040,386	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Shilling 1894	5,953,152	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Shilling 1895	8,880,651	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Shilling 1896	9,264,551	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Shilling 1897	6,270,364	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Shilling 1898	9,768,703	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Shilling 1899	10,965,382	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Shilling 1900	10,937,590	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Shilling 1901	3,426,294	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Shilling 1902	7,905,604	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Shilling 1903	2,061,823	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Shilling 1904	2,040,161	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Shilling 1905	488,390	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Shilling 1906	10,791,025	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Shilling 1907	14,083,418	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Shilling 1908	3,806,969	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Shilling 1909	5,664,982	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Shilling 1910	26,547,236	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Shilling 1911	20,071,908	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Shilling 1912	15,594,009	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Shilling 1913	9,001,509	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Shilling 1914	23,415,843	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Shilling 1915	39,279,024	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Shilling 1916	35,862,015	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Shilling 1917	22,202,608	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
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Shilling 1898: Details

Country	United Kingdom
Currency	Pound Sterling (pre-decimal)
Coin Type	Shilling, Three Shields
Issued	1898
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Effigy	Queen Victoria - Portrait by Sir Thomas Brock (Veiled Head)
Face Value	1 (x Shilling)
Total Mintage	9,768,703 (9.8 million)
Current	No; demonetised 1990
Material	0.925 Silver
Designer	Edward Poynter
Technology	Milled (machine-made)
Shape	Round
Orientation	Medal Alignment (Axis 0)
Size	23.5000 mm
Mass	5.6552 g
OCC ID	XGAV-POXA-CYAW-EMDY