1779 Birth Announcement Engraving on a English Shilling. Finely engraved on the smoothed reverse of a well worn silver shilling of William III (1694-1702): SARAH HARRIS GOURLEY BORN JAN 28 / PHILADa / 1779. Although the host coin was quite worn when this coin was engraved, it is undamaged, and the engraving is very boldly highlighted in darker tones on a warm pearl gray background.