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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 56422, member: 669&quot;]Hi Joyce.&nbsp; Welcome to the forum.I&#039;m going to stick my neck out, and value your coin at somewhere between the ~65¢ bullion value of its silver content, and $2.&nbsp; (The more &quot;well circulated&quot; the closer to the bullion value <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.)&nbsp; A more exact estimate would require seeing a clear picture of both sides.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s one of 11,392,000 19mm wide, 5.6552g, .500 silver shillings minted in Great Britain that year, and is listed in the Standard Catalog of World Coins as KM#853.</p><p><br /></p><p>My guess is that your assumption that it is an Indian shilling is based on the reverse legend &quot;IND*IMP&quot; in the upper right quadrant, and the apparent lack of any other country name.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If I&#039;m right <ul> <li>The obverse has a bust of King George VI, facing left, with the legend &quot;GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX&quot;, and</li> <li>The reverse has the English crest showing a lion facing left atop a crown, with &quot;19&quot; to the left and &quot;41&quot; to the right, and the additional legends &quot;FID * DEF&quot; in the upper left quadrant, and &quot;ONE SHILLING&quot; across the bottom.</li> </ul><p></p><p>The obverse legends translate as &quot;George VI by the grace of God King of all the Brittains&quot;; and the reverse translates as &quot;Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, One Shilling.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>How did I do? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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