Great Britain 1872 sovereign Fr-388

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Heritage sale 3073, lot 33119
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 33119 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $432. The catalog description[1] noted, "Victoria gold "St. George" Sovereign 1872 MS61 NGC. From the Lake County Collection." This bust was used on the sovereign, or one pound coin, 1838-85 with the St. George reverse introduced in 1871. However, the shield reverse was not terminated until 1874. This date is common. All issues of this date with the shield reverse bear die numbers.

Recorded mintage: 13,487,000, including the shield reverse.

Specification: 7.98 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-388, KM 752, S-3856A.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
  • [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

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