South Africa 1925-SA 1/2 sovereign
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This specimen was lot 76237 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "SOUTH AFRICA. 1/2 Sovereign, 1925-SA. Pretoria Mint. George V. NGC MS-64." The half sovereign was struck in South Africa intermittently 1923-60. This is the only type struck for George V and was issued 1923, 1925 and 1926.
Recorded mintage: 947,000.
Specification: 3.99 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.1178 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-6; S-4010; KM-20.
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- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, 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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