1947 2 1/2 Shillings, Brilliant UNC, No Reserve

1947 2 ½ Shilling Brilliant UNC, Ranked among the top 40 rare SA coins. Only 6182 circulation coins was minted, according to the 1982 Numismatic Tends handbook: “Rare in most grades, Coins are known for poor strike on high quality coins” This explains exactly the state of this coin. According to research there is less than 1000 Quality UNC coins out there. These coins can easily be mistaken as Proof coins, because of the high quality blanks, but a poor strike is tell tale indication that the coins is a UNC.

Two prominent coin dealers in JHB verified this coins as being an UNC. This coins was EXTREMELY hard to find, two years, and TOTALLY undervalued. So are you an UNC collector, then this coin is for you. The coin is totally UNC, with the tell tale poor strike on the coat of arms, and a few bag marks on the kings cheek and neck; another typical UNC trait.