Great Britain 1934 crown
This specimen was lot 21078 in Heritage sale 3021 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $5,581.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "George V Wreath Crown 1934, rarest date in this short-lived series, MS63 NGC, boldly struck and highly lustrous (for a coin of 0.500 fineness), with pale golden silvery gray toning, truly a choice example of this date, with a mintage of just 932 pieces, made by the Royal Mint primarily for sale at Christmas for stocking stuffers. This one has more eye-appeal than most seen. In fact, it's a delightful crown. SCBC value is £5250 in UNC, and this coin is surely UNC to anyone." This type was struck 1927-36 in very limited numbers and is expensive today; the commemorative crown of 1935 was minted in larger numbers than the entire type added together. This type was the last issued for circulation; all British crowns issued since have been commemoratives.
Recorded mintage: 932 plus proofs.
Specification: 28.27 g, 0.500 fine silver, .454 troy oz ASW, 38.5 mm diameter, designed by Bertram MacKennal and Percy Metcalfe.
Catalog reference: S-4036, KM 836, Dav-110.
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- Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3021, featuring the Cecil Webster, Richard P. Ariagno and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collection, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.
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