Australia 1874-S sovereign
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This specimen was lot 22232 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRALIA. St. George Sovereign, 1874-S. Sydney Mint. Victoria. PCGS AU-58 Gold Shield. Nicely struck with attractive luster." The Sydney mint was opened in 1855 to strike the gold found in Australia and was not employed to strike ordinary circulation coinage until 1920. Only the St. George reverse was used at Sydney in 1874.
Recorded mintage: 1,899,000 (St. George reverse only).
Specification: 7.99 g, 0.917 fine gold, .2354 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: S-3858A; Fr-15; KM-7.
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- McDonald, Greg, The Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes, 23rd ed., Lavington, Australia, 2017.
- Pitt, Michael, ed., Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values, 32nd Edition, Matraville, New South Wales, Australia: Renniks Publications, 2023.
- 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.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
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