Great Britain 1832 sovereign

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Heritage sale 3024, lot 24298
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 24298 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it sold for $7,637.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "William IV gold Sovereign 1832, MS62 NGC, boldly detailed and lustrous. Tons of eye-appeal for the TPG number." This type is listed for 1831-37 and is expensive despite the substantial mintage.

Recorded mintage: 3,737,000 (highest mintage date).

Specification: 7.98 g, 0.917 fine gold, .235 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: S-3829B, KM 717.

Sources:

  • 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.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3024, featuring the Kairos and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collections, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

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