Guernsey 1998 5 pounds Fr-17
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This specimen was lot 75857 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "GUERNSEY. 5 Pounds, 1998. Elizabeth II. NGC MS-70." This NCLT honored the 98th birthday of the Queen Mother, who died in 2002, aged 101.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.24 g, 0.999 fine gold, 0.040 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-17; KM-115.
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- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man & Lundy), Pre-Decimal Issues, 2nd edition, London: Spink & Son, 2003.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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