Great Britain 2004 sovereign
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This specimen was lot 71548 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $480. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Sovereign, 2004. Llantrisant Mint. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. An attractive Proof with highly reflective fields and frosted cameo devices." This type was struck 1998-2008, as a revival of the old sovereign struck in Victorian and Edwardian times. It was accompanied by a gold two pounds and five pounds, also not intended to circulate.
Recorded mintage: 30,688.
Specification: 7.99 g, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: S-SC4; Fr-454; KM-1002.
- 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, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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