1 Shilling - George VI Scottish crest with 'IND:IMP' (1937–1946)

One row for each year the 1 Shilling - George VI Scottish crest – with 'IND:IMP' was struck. Prices are medians of verified sold listings matched to that year from the listing: circulated is worn condition up to Extremely Fine, uncirculated is About Uncirculated or better. A count in brackets means fewer than three sales behind the figure; a grey figure marked "type" is the median across every year, shown where that year has no sale of its own yet; years with no sales yet fill in as sales are recorded. Most types have been searched year by year only since October 2026, so later years are still filling in. Use the grade table below for a price by condition across all years.

About the 1937 1 Shilling - George VI Scottish crest – with 'IND:IMP'

The 1937 1 Shilling - George VI Scottish crest – with 'IND:IMP' is a circulating 1 shilling coin issued from 1937 to 1946, struck in 50% silver. It weighs 5.66g and measures 23.5mm across. Reverse design: Crowned lion seated atop crown holding sword and sceptre dividing date, shields flank, legend above, denomination below.

Mintage figures are recorded for 10 years between 1937 and 1946, 105,788,100 coins in all. 1938 is the scarcest date, with 4,797,800 struck. It is no longer legal tender (withdrawn 1990), so its value is to collectors only.

Common questions

History and design

George VI's shilling was unusual in being issued with two reverses each year: the English lion standing on a crown, and this Scottish design. Tony Clayton points out that the two were not distributed only in their own countries but circulated equally alongside each other. This entry covers the Scottish coin in 50% silver, struck from 1937 to 1946.

Coin Hunter gives 6,748,875 for 1937. Output was below the English coin in every year of the type. The lowest date is 1938 at 4,797,852, and the highest silver date is 1946 at 16,381,501. From 1947 the shilling was struck in cupronickel, as silver coinage for circulation had ended with the 1946 issue.

Because its value equalled 5p, the shilling stayed in use after decimalisation. The Royal Mint Museum records that shillings were finally demonetised from the end of December 1990, when the smaller 5p replaced the old size.

The obverse carries Thomas Humphrey Paget's uncrowned head of George VI facing left, with GEORGIVS VI D G BR OMN REX and HP below the neck. The Royal Mint Museum notes that Paget alone was commissioned for the effigy after the abdication.

George Kruger Gray's reverse, in the Royal Collection's description, shows a crowned lion seated facing on a crown, holding a sword and a sceptre, dividing the date, with the shield of St Andrew on one side and a Scottish thistle on the other. FID DEF IND IMP runs above and ONE SHILLING below. The initials K and G sit in the centre, below the sword's pommel and the sceptre. The edge is milled.

Collecting notes

Scottish and English shillings of the same date have separate mintages, so identify the reverse first. The 1938 Scottish coin is the lowest of all twenty silver shilling dates of the reign, a little below the English 1938.

Both shillings were also struck as proofs in 1937. Coin Hunter gives 26,402 proofs and Wikipedia 26,000, and the Royal Collection holds a frosted 1937 proof of the Scottish type.

Later dates with the same reverse in cupronickel are on the 1947 Scottish shilling page, and the English companion is the 1937 English shilling.

No recognised varieties or mint errors are documented for this coin.