Great Britain 1901 sovereign

Sincona sale 59, lot 1536

This specimen was lot 1536 in Sincona sale 59 (Zürich, October 2019), where it sold for 475 CHF (about US$575 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"GREAT BRITAIN | Königreich, Victoria, 1837-1901. Sovereign 1901, London. Old veiled bust. Vorzüglich-FDC. (kingdom of Great Britain, Victoria, 1837-1901, sovereign of 1901, London mint, old bust. Extremely fine-uncirculated.)"

Recorded mintage: 2,037,999.

Specification: 7.99 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 7.98 g.

Catalog reference: KM 784, Seaby 3874, Fr-396.

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, 1901-2000, 47th 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.
• 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]Richter, Jürg, Sincona Auction 59: Gold and Silver Coins and Medals; Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2019.

Link to:

• 1900 sovereign
• 1901 half penny
• 1901 penny
• 1901 threepence
• 1901 sixpence
• 1901 shilling
• 1901 florin
• 1901 half crown
• 1901(c) trade dollar
• 1901-B trade dollar
• 1901 half sovereign
• 1902 sovereign
• Coins and currency dated 1901