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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 897019, member: 19165&quot;]Queen Victoria is one of the longest reigning monarchs in history, and the longest reigning monarch ever in Britain. She reigned from 1837 to 1901. This first type of hers is known as the Young head, and is by far the longest running type of hers. This example is a somewhat lower grade than the rest of my set, and will be upgraded eventually. </p><p><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/Shillings/JPW524obverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/Shillings/JPW524reverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>For her Jubilee celebration (50 years on the throne), Queen Victoria had the coinage redesigned with the Jubilee head. This type lasted from 1887 to 1892. There are actually two subtypes of the Jubilee head - small head (1887-1889) and large head (1889 -1892, of which this coin is an example). </p><p><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/Shillings/JPW587obverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/Shillings/JPW587reverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After the Jubilee head came the Old Head, which lasted until Queen Victoria&#039;s death.</p><p><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/Shillings/JPW550obverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/Shillings/JPW550reverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Victoria was succeeded by King Edward VII, whose reign was considerably shorter than hers. </p><p><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/Shillings/JPW542obverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/Shillings/JPW542reverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Over the reign of King George V, the silver in the shilling was debased from .925 to .500, and a couple of minor redesigns took place. I don&#039;t really care about getting each of these minor variations, and will only have one example of George V. Presently, I have a low grade example - my first shilling. </p><p><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/Shillings/JPW177obverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/Shillings/JPW177reverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>King George VI (finally, the last of the Georges) also had several minor changes to the coinage which won&#039;t be represented in my set: midway through the reign, the already debased silver was replaced by copper-nickel in 1947. With the loss of India in 1948, the King could no longer claim &quot;IND IMP&quot; on his coinage, so that was removed. A further innovation on the shillings of King George VI is the presence of two concurrent types - shillings with the English lion, shown here....</p><p><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/Shillings/JPW517obverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/Shillings/JPW517reverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And shillings with a Scottish lion, shown here. </p><p><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/Shillings/JPW551obverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/Shillings/JPW551reverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Queen Elizabeth II was the last monarch to mint shillings, which continued until decimalization in 1970. She also minted English shillings....</p><p><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/Shillings/JPW471obverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/Shillings/JPW471reverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And Scottish shillings.</p><p><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/Shillings/JPW552obverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/Shillings/JPW552reverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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