South Africa 1924-SA sovereign
This specimen was lot 31676 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), where it sold for $13,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "George V gold Sovereign 1924-SA MS64 NGC, With a mintage of only 3,184 pieces, this is a key rarity of both the South African and wider sovereign series, and one which deserves the absolute attention of collectors in both fields. Its surfaces imbued with lustrous brilliance, its designs as sharp as the day it was struck, this specimen embodies the term 'mint state'. An example of the same grade in our auction 3030 January 2014 achieved a hammer price of $18,000." The Pretoria mint operated as a branch of the Royal mint, striking George V sovereigns 1923-32.
Recorded mintage: 3,184.
Specification: 7.98 g, 0.917 fine gold, .235 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM 21, S-4004, Hern-S338, Marsh 288 (R5).
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Hern, Brian, John Bothma and Hercie Pieterse, Hern's Handbook on South African Coins & Patterns, Ferndale, South Africa, 2013.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011
- 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.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.
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