Great Britain 1953 crown

Heritage sale 3042, lot 29989

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 29989 in Heritage sale 3042 (Long Beach, September 2015), where it sold for $2,350. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Elizabeth II 'VIP' Proof 5 Shillings (Crown) 1953 PR67 Deep Cameo PCGS, Royal Mint. Deeply mirrored in the fields, with thick frost on all the details and light golden tone over both sides. A popular coronation issue, with only a very small number produced in this exceptional, heavily frosted edition with the extreme field polishing that produces such extraordinary cameo appearance. Even though PCGS has failed to label this as the 'VIP' Proof, anyone versed in British coins will easily recognize the difference between this example and the normal 1953 Crown. The finest example of this rare type we have seen." The regular circulation issue is common in all grades.

Recorded mintage: 5,963,000 plus 40,000 proofs.

Specification: 28.28 g, copper-nickel, 38.6 mm diameter, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: KM 894, S-4136, Dav-113.

Source:

Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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.
Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
^[1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World Coin Auction 3042, featuring the Read and Bob Bennett Collections, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2015.

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