Great Britain 1847 crown Dav-105

Spink sale 9031, part of lot 428

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

The first specimen is part of lot 428 in Spink sale 9031 (London, November 2009). The catalog description^[1] noted, "Victoria, young head Crowns, 1847 xi, one very fine, one fine (2)." This type was issued 1839-47. No further crowns were struck for circulation until 1887.

Recorded mintage: 141,000.

Specification: 28.27 g, 0.925 fine silver, .840 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 741, ESC 286; S.3882, Dav-105.

Source:

• Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• ^[1]Bishop, Richard, and William MacKay, Ancient, English and Foreign Coins, and Commemorative Medals, London: Spink, 2009.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• 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.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.

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• Great Britain 1847 half farthing
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• 1847 half sovereign
• 1848 farthing
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