Great Britain 1874 sovereign Fr-387

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 23217

This specimen was lot 23217 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $4,800. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Sovereign, 1874. London Mint. Victoria. PCGS EF-45. Die #32. A classic RARITY among Sovereigns specialists with the final date of the shield and die number. Presenting with wholesome wear but retaining a great amount of detail, especially on the reverse. Paired with the old style PCGS holder, this piece is sure to see spirted bidding. From the Augustana Collection." This sovereing was struck 1863-74 with the shield reverse and die numbers. This is a rare date; most 1874's were Fr-388.

Recorded mintage: 521,000 including the St. George and the dragon reverse.

Specification: 7.98 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: S-3853B; Fr-387J; KM-736.2.

Source:

Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
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.
Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
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.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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Great Britain 1874 sovereign Fr-387

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