Great Britain 2011 2 pounds KM-1200

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Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 40593
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 40593 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $1,560. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 2 Pounds, 2011. Llantrisant Mint. PCGS PROOF-70 Deep Cameo Gold Shield. Maximum Mintage: 1,000. Struck to commemorate the 400th anniversary of first printing of the King James Bible. Interestingly designed with type-setting blocks appearing at the left, and their "impressions" at right. A perfect example of the type, it features yellow gold in the centers with a ring of pink gold at the legends. Accompanied by the original certificate of authenticity." Interestingly, altho the SCWC shows this design in bimetallic copper-nickel/nickel-brass (KM 1200) and sterling silver (KM 1200a), it omits the gold version shown here.

Recorded mintage: unknown plus 1,000 (gold).

Specification: 11.97 g, bimetallic (copper-nickel/nickel-brass, KM 1200), 28.4 mm diameter; 12 g, 0.925 fine silver in gilt ring (KM 1200a); 15.97 g, 0.917 fine gold (KM 1200b).

Catalog reference: S-K28; cf. KM-1200.

Source:

  • 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, 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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