Great Britain 2013 5 pounds KM-1242

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Künker sale 406, part of lot 3567

This specimen was lot 3567 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €3,400 (about US$4,461 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"GROSSBRITANNIEN, Elizabeth II, 1952-2022. 5 Pounds 2013, auf das 60jährige Krönungsjubiläum. 36,63 g Feingold. GOLD. Nur 2.000 Exemplare geprägt. In Original Holzschatulle. Mit Originalzertifikat. Polierte Platte. (Great Britain, Elizabeth II, 1952-2022, five pounds of 2013, on the 60th anniversary of her conronation. Only 2,000 pieces struck, in original wood box with certificate, proof.)"

This NCLT featuring the 60th anniversary of the queen's coronation was struck in many formats.

Recorded mintage: unknown in copper-nickel plus 44,000 proofs plus 2,000 in gold plus more in silver and platinum.

Specification: KM 1242 (28.28 g, copper-nickel), KM 1242a (28.28 g, 0.925 fine silver), KM 1242b (28.28 g, 0.999 fine silver), KM 1242c (39.94 g, 0.917 fine gold) or KM 1242d (94.2 g, 0.999 fine platinum).

Catalog reference: KM 1242 (copper-nickel), KM 1242a (0.925 fine silver), KM 1242b (0.999 fine silver), KM 1242c/Fr-543 (gold), KM 1242d (platinum).

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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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