Great Britain 1817 1/2 crown KM-672

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Heritage sale 3042, lot 33381
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 33381 in Heritage sale 3042 (Long Beach, September 2015), where it sold for $998.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "George III 1/2 Crown 1817 MS66 NGC. Smaller, or Later Portrait type. The earlier type was deemed unflattering to the king, and withdrawn." The large head type was struck 1816-17 only and the small head 1817-20. Both are expensive in XF or better.

Recorded mintage: 8,093,000 all varieties.

Specification: 14.14 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S-3789, KM 672.

Source:

  • Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
  • Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
  • Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
  • [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World Coin Auction 3042, featuring the Read and Bob Bennett Collections, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2015.

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