Set report · United Kingdom · Shilling
Queen Elizabeth II Shilling: Who Owns What
How often each Queen Elizabeth II Shilling coin actually turns up in a collection, measured by how many of the 293 collectors of this set have one. Coins are graded from Common to Extremely scarce against the set's most-owned coin — a measure of collecting frequency, not of how many survive.
Hardest to find in real collections
The five least-owned coins of the set — ownership counts are collector-reported.
…and the ones everybody has
Full set: ownership & rarity, coin by coin
Values by grade for each of these live on the Queen Elizabeth II Shilling catalog pages and the full price guide.
| Coin | Mintage | Collectors | % of set collectors | How often collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | — | 90 | 30.7% | Common |
| 1953 English Reverse | — | 1 | 0.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1953 (Variety) | — | 11 | 3.8% | Very scarce |
| 1954 | — | 74 | 25.3% | Common |
| 1954 (Variety) | — | 14 | 4.8% | Very scarce |
| 1955 | — | 81 | 27.6% | Common |
| 1955 (Proof) | — | 2 | 0.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1955 (Variety) | — | 12 | 4.1% | Very scarce |
| 1956 | — | 85 | 29% | Common |
| 1956 English Reverse | — | 1 | 0.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1956 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1956 (Variety) | — | 12 | 4.1% | Very scarce |
| 1957 | — | 70 | 23.9% | Common |
| 1957 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1957 (Variety) | — | 9 | 3.1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1958 | — | 54 | 18.4% | Uncommon |
| 1958 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1958 (Variety) | — | 13 | 4.4% | Very scarce |
| 1959 | — | 46 | 15.7% | Uncommon |
| 1959 (Proof Variety) | — | 1 | 0.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1959 (Variety) | — | 7 | 2.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1960 | — | 50 | 17.1% | Uncommon |
| 1960 (Variety) | — | 9 | 3.1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1961 | — | 61 | 20.8% | Uncommon |
| 1961 (Proof) | — | 2 | 0.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1961 (Variety) | — | 4 | 1.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1962 | — | 75 | 25.6% | Common |
| 1962 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1962 (Variety) | — | 12 | 4.1% | Very scarce |
| 1963 | — | 83 | 28.3% | Common |
| 1963 (Variety) | — | 17 | 5.8% | Very scarce |
| 1964 | — | 33 | 11.3% | Scarce |
| 1964 (Variety) | — | 9 | 3.1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1965 | — | 41 | 14% | Scarce |
| 1965 (Proof Variety) | — | 1 | 0.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1965 (Variety) | — | 7 | 2.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1966 | — | 65 | 22.2% | Uncommon |
| 1966 English Reverse | — | 6 | 2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1966 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1966 (Proof Variety) | — | 1 | 0.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1966 (Variety) | — | 17 | 5.8% | Very scarce |
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Based on the share of this set's collectors who own each coin — how often it turns up in a collection, not how many survive. Not the Sheldon rarity scale.
About these numbers
Ownership counts come from the same live per-coin counters shown across the LuckyCoin catalog; set-level collector counts come from the annual full-collection scan behind The State of Coin Collecting 2026. Counts are collector-reported and aggregate-only. Scarcity tiers come from 100 × (1 − owners ÷ owners of the set's most-owned coin): Common under 25, Uncommon 25–49, Scarce 50–74, Very scarce 75–89, Extremely scarce 90+. This reflects how often a coin is collected, not its surviving population — it is not the Sheldon rarity scale. CC BY 4.0 with attribution.