Great Britain 1820 1/2 sovereign

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Sincona sale 43, lot 3389

This specimen was lot 3389 in Sincona sale 43 (Zürich, October 2017), where it sold for 450 CHF (about US$537 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"GREAT BRITAIN, Königreich, George III. 1760-1820 1/2 Sovereign 1820. London. Gutes sehr schön. (kingdom of Great Britain, George III, 1760-1820, half sovereing of 1820, Londom mint. Good very fine.)"

George III half sovereigns are listed for 1817, 1818 and 1820 with 1817 being the most common.

Recorded mintage: 35,000.

Specification: 3.99 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 4.00 g.

Catalog reference: Schl. 114, 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]Richter, Jürg, Sincona sale 43, Gold and Silver Coins and Medals, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2017.

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