Great Britain 1820 1/2 crown KM-672
This specimen was lot 44608 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $480. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Crown, 1820. London Mint. George III. PCGS MS-63 Gold Shield. An attractive example of the type with razor sharp strike detail, faintly prooflike fields, and patchy gray to charcoal toning. From the Sundial Valley Farms Collection." This half crown, the first struck on the mint's new steam powered equipment, was issued 1817-20. George III was by then under the regency of the prince of Wales and would die during the year. Half crowns of George IV also exist for 1820 and are more common.
Recorded mintage: 2,937,000 including KM 676.
Specification: 14.14 g, 0.925 fine silver, .420 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: S-3789; KM-672; ESC-618.
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- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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