Great Britain 2002 2 pounds KM-994
This specimen was lot 44733 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 2 Pounds, 2002. Llantrisant Mint. NGC PROOF-68 Ultra Cameo. An attractive Proof with hard mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices. A part of the Golden Jubilee set for Elizabeth II." Proof sets of the circulating coinage were struck in gold in 2002. Gold proof sets were issued again in 2008 when new reverses were introduced. Several commemorative two pounds were struck in 2002 for the Commonwealth Games.
Recorded mintage: 13,024,750 + 60,770 proofs + a few in in gold.
Specification: 12 g, bimetallic (copper-nickel/nickel-brass), 28.4 mm diameter; 15.98 g, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM 994, KM 994c (gold).
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
- 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 August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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