Great Britain 2012 5 pounds

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from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70865
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This specimen was lot 70865 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), where it sold for $50. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 5 Pounds, 2012. London Mint. NGC PROOF-70 Ultra Cameo. Struck to commemorate the countdown to the London Olympics in 2012. Coin is sharply struck with brilliant fields and frosted cameo devices."

Recorded mintage: 65,275 in copper-nickel plus 12,670 in silver plus 2,324 piedforts plus 1,007 in gold.

Specification: KM 1679a: 28.28 g, 0.925 fine silver, 38.6 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-1679 (copper-nickel), KM 1679a (silver), KM 1679b (silver piedfort), KM 1679c (gold).

Source:

  • 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, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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