Great Britain 2000 sovereign

Goldberg sale 81, lot 1676

photo courtesy Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

This specimen was lot 1676 in Goldberg sale 81 (Los Angeles, September 2014), where it sold for $329. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Sovereign, 2000. Elizabeth II. PCGS graded MS-68 Millennium 1st Strike." This type starting 1998 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: 129,069 plus 10,000 proofs.

Specification: 7.98 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: S.4430; KM-1002.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Aleeza Brown, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 81: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2014.

Link to:

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• 1999 sovereign
• 2000 penny
• 2000 50 pence, public libraries
• 2000 half sovereign
• 2000 2 pounds, silver Britannia
• 2000 gold 2 pounds
• 2000 5 pounds, 100th birthday of the queen mother
• 2001 sovereign
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• Coins and currency dated 2000
• return to coins of Great Britain