Great Britain 1980 1/2 sovereign
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This specimen was lot 70748 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Sovereign, 1980. PCGS PROOF-69 DEEP CAMEO Secure Holder. Brilliant with hard mirror fields and frosted cameo devices." This type was struck 1980-84 in substantial numbers (the peak mintage was 2,500,000 in 1982) but as it was sold at its gold value, it is unlikely any ever circulated as coin. Cleaned and damaged specimens are likely ex-jewelry.
Recorded mintage: 10,000 proofs.
Specification: 3.99 g, 0.917 fine gold, .1176 troy oz AGW, designed by Arnold Machin.
Catalog reference: S-4205; Fr-421; KM-922.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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