Great Britain 1817 1/2 sovereign

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Ponterio sale 168, lot 40152
photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 40152 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $1,380. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Sovereign, 1817. NGC MS-64." George III half sovereigns are listed for 1817, 1818 and 1820 with 1817 being the most common.

Recorded mintage: 2,080,000 plus a few proofs.

Specification: 3.99 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-372; S-3786; KM-673.

Source:

  • Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
  • Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
  • Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

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