This coin is looks like a Canadian Quarter on the face, with the bust of the young queen. On the back-top, it has the words "FID" and "DEF" separated by a small cross. It has the British Lion in the middle with the words "One Shilling" on the bottom. It has no country listed so I can't look it up on Numismaster.
It is indeed a U.K. shilling. It is 5.56 grams of CuNi. What you described is the Scottish version. uthminsta is more up on these than I am, he can verify.
It is indeed a U.K. shilling. It is 5.56 grams of CuNi. What you described is the Scottish version. uthminsta is more up on these than I am, he can verify.
Yes. That's it. Thanks for the information. I'll besure to bookmark that site.
FID DEF is something along the lines of Defender Fidelis, or "Defender of the Faith". Technically the British monarch is head of the Anglican Church.
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel / For nothyng is better than lyberte / For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world. -Caxton's edition of Aesop's Fables, 1484
'FID DEF' is actually short for 'Fidei Defensor'.This is still present on today's British coins.
Queen Elizabeth II,like every English & British monarch (except for Queen Mary I of England) since King Henry VIII has the title 'Supreme Governor of the Church of England'.
1955 One Shilling Coin???
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