Great Britain 1935 crown

Ponterio sale 150, lot 9428

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

The first coin was lot 9428 in Ponterio sale 150 (Los Angeles, August 2009), where it sold for $718.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Crown, 1935. Raised edge lettering. Toned PROOF." The type was struck in 1935 for the silver jubilee of George V's reign. The regular issue crowns of 1927-36 were minted in very small numbers and are rare today. Sterling silver (.925 fine) coinage ceased in 1919.

Recorded mintage: 715,000 (all varieties) with 2,500 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-4050; KM 842a, Dav-111.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, and Kent Ponterio, Ponterio sale 150: The 2009 Los Angeles ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Bowers and Merena, 2009.
• Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
• 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.

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