Great Britain 1873 sovereign Fr-388

Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 56148

This specimen was lot 56148 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $528. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Sovereign, 1873. London Mint. Victoria. PCGS AU-58." 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: 2,368,000 including the shield reverse.

Specification: 7.98 g, 0.917 fine gold.

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

Source:

• 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.
• 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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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• 1872 sovereign, St. George reverse
• 1872 sovereign, shield reverse
• 1873 farthing
• 1873 half penny
• 1873 penny
• 1873 shilling
• 1873 florin
• 1873 half sovereign
• 1873 sovereign, shield reverse
• 1874 sovereign, shield reverse
• 1874 sovereign, St. George reverse
• Coins and currency dated 1873