Great Britain 2009 sovereign
This specimen was lot 23821 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $528. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Sovereign, 2009. PCGS PROOF-69 Deep Cameo Gold Shield. A bright and lustrous example exhibiting a sharp strike with hard mirrored fields and frosted devices. Free of tone, haze or fog. From the Collection of Richard Jewell." This type was struck 2009-15 for sale to collectors and did not circulate altho some show signs of mishandling. It varies from the issue of 1998-2008 (KM 1002) by lacking the horsehair tail on the helmet of St. George.
Recorded mintage: 75,000 plus 12,500 proofs.
Specification: 7.99 g, 0.917 fine gold, 22 mm diameter, 0.2355 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: S-4433; Fr-454; KM-1002.1.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
- 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.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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