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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jackrabb1t, post: 3500691, member: 42482&quot;][USER=103082]@Clio[/USER] you&#039;ve got a very nice collection there. And you&#039;re right, collecting Irish silver is very challenging. The mintages were low and virtually nobody saved any of them in period. Mint state examples are very rare. That makes finding a nice coin all the more rewarding. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll share some of mine. I don&#039;t have great pictures for some of them.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1928, NGC MS-65</b></p><p>Mintage: 2,700,000</p><p>Easily the highest mintage of any silver shilling. Fairly easy to find nice examples because it was the first year of issue and people tended to save some. They still do not come up for sale too often, however.</p><p><img src="http://eirecoins.com/img_store/5cc3b2bdd48c5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://eirecoins.com/img_store/5cc3b2bdd8967.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>1928 Proof, PCGS PR-65</b></p><p>Mintage: 6,001</p><p>Difficult to find these 1928 proofs above 65.</p><p><img src="https://images.pcgs.com/TrueView/34513749_1000x1000.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>1933, PCGS MS-63</b></p><p>Mintage: 300,000</p><p><img src="https://images.pcgs.com/TrueView/80656683_1000x1000.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>1935, PCGS MS-66</b></p><p>Mintage: 400,000</p><p>And here&#039;s the 1935 I posted the other day. I have this coin in hand and it is even better than the picture.</p><p><img src="http://eirecoins.com/img_store/5cb9eb4a7dff3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>1939, NGC MS-64</b></p><p>Mintage: 1,140,000</p><p><img src="http://eirecoins.com/img_store/5cc3b522ad120.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://eirecoins.com/img_store/5cc3b5220c7ad.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>1940, NGC MS-65</b></p><p>Mintage: 580,000</p><p><img src="http://eirecoins.com/img_store/579fc6f107366.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://eirecoins.com/img_store/579fc6f33c3e0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>1942, PCGS MS-65+</b></p><p>Mintage: 286,000</p><p>Coins from 1942 are relatively plentiful in mint state, despite what the mintage number may indicate. I&#039;ve been told this is because many were brought home as souvenirs by visiting soldiers during the war. I fell in love with the toning on the coin below the moment I saw it.</p><p><img src="https://images.pcgs.com/TrueView/81440334_1000x1000.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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