Great Britain 1900 crown

Heritage sale 3073, lot 33133

This specimen was lot 33133 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $720. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Victoria Crown 1900 MS63 NGC. LXIII edge. A choice piece with bright argent luster, toned to a burnished gold around the sharp devices." This type was struck 1896-1901 and is reasonably common in circulated condition. A crown was five shillings or sixty pence.

Recorded mintage: 353,000 (LXIII + LXIV), a common date.

Specification: 28.27 g, 0.925 fine silver, .840 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 783, S-3937, Dav-108.

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.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
• 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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• Coins and currency dated 1900