Great Britain 1983 sovereign
This specimen was lot 23806 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Sovereign, 1983. NGC PROOF-70 Ultra Cameo. Tied for finest certified of the date with 20 other examples on the NGC population report. A lovely example of the type exhibiting a sharp crisp strike with hard mirrored fields and frosted devices. Free of tone, haze or fog. From the Collection of Richard Jewell." This type was struck 1974-84 for sale to collectors and did not circulate altho some show signs of mishandling.
Recorded mintage: 21,000 proofs.
Specification: 7.99 g, 0.917 fine gold, 22 mm diameter, 0.2355 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: S-4204; Fr-418; KM-919.
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- 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, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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