Great Britain 1998 sovereign

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Ponterio sale 176, lot 20451
photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 20451 in Ponterio sale 176 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $646. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Elizabeth II, 1952-Present. Sovereign, 1998. NGC PF-69 ULTRA CAMEO. Mature head right by Broadley. Rv. Pistrucci’s St. George and the Dragon. Just about perfect! Ex: Royal Mint, 1998." This type, struck 1998-2008, features the fourth bust to be used on the sovereigns of Elizabeth II. These were sold to investors and collectors and not issued for circulation.

Recorded mintage: 10,000 proofs.

Specification: 7.98 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: S-4430; Fr-454; KM-1002.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, and Bruce Roland Hagen, Ponterio sale 176: The Thos. H. Law Collection of English Gold Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.

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