Great Britain 1989 sovereign
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This specimen was lot 70753 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Sovereign, 1989. PCGS PROOF-69 DEEP CAMEO. Struck to commemorate the 500th Anniversary of the Gold Sovereign. Brilliant with hard mirror fields and frosted cameo devices." This one year type replaced the regular half sovereign for the year. It was accompanied by a half sovereign (Fr-435) and gold two pounds (Fr-433).
Recorded mintage: est. 28,000 proofs.
Specification: 7.98 g, 0.917 fine gold, .2354 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: S-4272; Fr-434; KM-956.
- 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.
- 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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