Great Britain 1965 sovereign

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Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 44715
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 44715 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Sovereign, 1965. London Mint. PCGS MS-65 Gold Shield. An attractive Gem quality Sovereign with frosty surfaces and pale golden color. From the Sundial Valley Farms Collection." This type was struck 1957-68 for sale to collectors and bullion speculators and did not circulate altho some show signs of mishandling. The next issue (KM 919) was struck in 1974.

Recorded mintage: 3,800,000.

Specification: 7.99 g, 0.917 fine gold, 22 mm diameter, 0.2355 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-417; S-4125; KM-908.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
  • 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]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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