Great Britain 1954 florin
This specimen was lot 40580 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $1,920. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Florin, 1954. London Mint. PCGS PROOF-66 Cameo Gold Shield. Highly dazzling and engaging, this VERY RARE proof offering presents an alluring golden tone and intense mirrored brilliance. This represents the such example seen at PCGS." Altho 40,000 proof sets were made and sold in 1953, the proofs of the rest of the decade are all rare. The obverse legend was revised in 1954 to drop "BRITT:OMN:" and the florin was terminated in 1970, to be replaced by the ten pence coin.
Recorded mintage: 13,085,000 + proofs.
Specification: 11.31 g, copper-nickel, 28.3 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S-4146; KM-906.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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