Great Britain 1874 sovereign Fr-388

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Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 7277
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This specimen was lot 7277 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $576. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Sovereign, 1874. London Mint. Victoria. NGC AU-50. A wholesome example with very little signs of handling and honest wear one would expect for the assigned grade. A light honey gold patina on this well made piece." This type was struck 1871-85 with the St. George reverse and the 1874 is a better date. Sovereigns of this date with the shield reverse (KM 736.2) also exist but are rare.

Recorded mintage: 521,000 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.
  • 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.
  • Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
  • 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.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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