Great Britain 1828 sovereign
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This specimen was lot 41723 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $7,800. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Sovereign, 1828. London Mint. George IV. NGC VF-30. From the Augustana Collection." Pistrucci's laureate portrait of George IV, used on the half sovereign 1823-25, earned the king's ire, perhaps because the engraver accurately depicted the king's obesity. A slimmer portrait by William Wyon was used 1826-28 and is shown here. All the dates are scarce but this one is rare, with the SCWC stating 6 or 7 known.
Recorded mintage: 386,000.
Specification: 7.99 g, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: S-3801; Fr-317; KM-696.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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