Great Britain 1987 25 pounds
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This specimen was lot 74169 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $552. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 25 Pounds, 1987. Llantrisant Mint. Elizabeth II. PCGS PROOF-69 Deep Cameo. A brilliant Proof with hard mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices." This bullion coin was minted and sold 1987-89 along with one, half and tenth ounce sizes. The Britannia is still in production with the reverse changed every few years to stimulate sales.
Recorded mintage: unknown but around 13,000 proofs.
Specification: 8.51 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.250 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: S-BO1; Fr-430; KM-951.
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- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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