Great Britain 1988 10 pounds

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Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71141
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This specimen was lot 71141 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $228. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 10 Pounds, 1988. Llantrisant Mint. Elizabeth II. PCGS PROOF-69 Deep Cameo. A brilliant, nearly perfect Proof with hard mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices." This type was struck 1987-89 as a bullion coin in sizes ranging up to one ounce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.41 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.100 troy oz.

Catalog reference: S-BN1; KM-950.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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