Great Britain 1848 sovereign

Goldberg sale 81, lot 1663

photo courtesy Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

This specimen was lot 1663 in Goldberg sale 81 (Los Angeles, September 2014), where it sold for $2,585. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Sovereign, 1848. Victoria. Second head. Young head left. Reverse: Crowned shield. Satiny luster in abundance. PCGS graded MS-64." This bust was used on the sovereign, or one pound coin, 1838-64 with a slightly modified type (KM 736.2) extending until 1874.

Recorded mintage: 2,247,000, a better date.

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

Catalog reference: S.3852C; Fr-387e; KM-736.1.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Aleeza Brown, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 81: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2014.

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