Great Britain 2007 5 pounds KM-1003

from the Stack's Bowers June 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71528

This specimen was lot 71528 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $3,840. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 5 Pounds, 2007. Llantrisant Mint. NGC PROOF-70 Ultra Cameo. Technically flawless, this shimmering specimen offers a cameoed nature to the fields that enlivens them, with their illuminated nature seemingly rising from the surfaces. The penultimate year of issue for this portrait style." This type was struck 1999-2015 as a revival of the old five pounds struck in Victorian and Edwardian times. It was accompanied by a gold sovereign and two pounds, also not intended to circulate.

Recorded mintage: 768 + 1,750 proofs.

Specification: 39.94 g, 0.917 fine gold, 1.1775 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: S-SE7; Fr-452; KM-1003.

Source:

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.
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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Great Britain 2007 5 pounds KM-1003

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