Ascension Island 2000 50 pence
This specimen was lot 31008 in Heritage auction 3096 (Dallas, TX, March 2021), where it sold for $3,000. The catalog description[1] noted, "Ascension Island: British Dependency. Elizabeth II gold Proof "100th Anniversary of the Queen Mother's Birth" 50 Pence ND (2000) PR69 Ultra Cameo NGC, Valcambi mint. This virtually flawless piece exhibits the dual portraits of a crowned Elizabeth and the Queen Mother and bears minute imperfections to the otherwise watery fields. From the Paramount Collection." This tiny island in the south Atlantic has little use for coinage and all its issues are NCLT's.
Recorded mintage: unknown but common in copper-nickel, 10,000 in silver and 100 in gold.
Specification: KM 12: 28.28 g, copper-nickel, 38.6 mm diameter; KM 12a: 28.28 g, 0.925 fine silver; KM 12b: 47.54 g, 0.917 fine gold, AGW 1.4000 oz.
Catalog reference: copper-nickel: KM 12; silver: KM 12a; gold: KM 12b, Fr-3.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, The Paramount Collection World & Ancient Coins: Signature Auction 3096, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2021.
Link to:
- Ascension Island 1995 50 pence, the Queen Mother
- Tristan Da Cunha 2011 2 sovereigns, wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton
- Coins and currency dated 2000