Great Britain 1953 florin
This specimen was part of lot 34108 in Heritage sale 3076 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), which sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain: Elizabeth II 10-Piece Certified Proof Set 1953 PCGS, 1) Farthing - PR65 Red and Brown; 2) 1/2 Penny - PR65 Red and Brown; 3) Penny - PR65 Red and Brown; 4) 3 Pence - PR66; 5) 6 Pence - PR66; 6) Shilling - PR66 Cameo. Scottish Reverse; 7) Shilling - PR65 Cameo. English Reverse; 8) Florin - PR66 Cameo; 9) 1/2 Crown - PR66 Cameo, S-4137A; 10) Crown - PR65 Cameo, S-4136." The obverse legend was revised in 1954 and the florin was terminated in 1970, to be replaced by the ten pence coin.
Recorded mintage: 11,959,000 + 40,000 proofs.
Specification: 11.31 g, copper-nickel, 28.3 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 892, S-4138; KM-PS25, S-PS19 (set).
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- 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.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3076, featuring the Allen Moretti Swiss Collection and the James Mossman Collection of Canadian Coinage, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
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