1783 United States Shilling Value
A 1783 United States Shilling is worth roughly its melt value to well into four figures depending on its condition. Certified examples in top grades can run far higher.
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1783 United States Shilling value by grade
| Grade | Estimated value |
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Estimated retail range. Estimates are modeled from mintage rarity and metal content, not auction records. Actual sale prices vary with certification, eye appeal and market timing.
What is a 1783 United States Shilling worth right now?
Pricing for the 1783 United States Shilling depends on grade and current collector demand.
1783 United States Shilling specifications
- Series
- United States Coinage
- Year
- 1783
- Mint mark
- None (Philadelphia)
- Mintage
- Not recorded
- Composition
- Silver
- Weight
- 2.99 g
- Diameter
- 22 mm
No mint mark? Here is why
The 1783 United States Shilling was struck at the Philadelphia Mint, which used no mint mark in this era. If you find no letter where branch-mint coins carry one (check the usual position for this series), you are holding a Philadelphia issue.
What makes the 1783 United States Shilling valuable
The series itself does some of the lifting for the 1783 United States Shilling: Documented United States coin types preserved in museum collections, with measured specifications for each date, denomination and mint. Broad, multigenerational demand for the design gives every date, including this one, a deep and liquid market.
Documented examples of the 1783 United States Shilling in our reference database anchor what we know about this issue. Mintage records are incomplete, so collector demand and surviving population drive its market.
1783 United States Shilling inscriptions & design
Obverse
I. CHALMERS* ANNAPOLIS* 1783*; in center, EQUAL TO ONE SHI. (in script)
In center, within and forming part of wreath "Equal to one Shi."; below, two right hands clasped; border of circumscribed dentils.
Reverse
Chain of eleven interlinking round rings with a star in the center of each, attached to a twelfth connecting ring from which is pendant a thirteenth ring (center area blan, unstruck); border of dotts within annulets.
Measured 1783 United States Shilling specimens
6 physically measured 1783 United States Shilling examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the 2.99 g, 22 mm minting standard.
| Specimen | Weight | Diameter | Die axis | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1783 United States Shilling #1 | 3.64 g | 22 mm | - | Whitman.1795 |
| 1783 United States Shilling #2 | 2.88 g | 22 mm | - | Breen.1012, Whitman.1790 |
| 1783 United States Shilling #3 | 3.75 g | 22 mm | - | Breen.1011, Whitman.1785 |
| 1783 United States Shilling #4 | 2.99 g | 22 mm | - | - |
| 1783 United States Shilling #5 | 3.1 g | 21 mm | - | Whitman.1785 |
| 1783 United States Shilling #6 | 2.62 g | 22 mm | - | - |
Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.