South Africa 1931-SA sovereign

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72970

This specimen was lot 24873 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $600. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SOUTH AFRICA. Sovereign, 1931-SA. Pretoria Mint. NGC MS-65. A lovely gem with a good strike, light honey tone and underlying soft satin luster." The Pretoria mint operated as a branch of the Royal mint, striking George V sovereigns 1923-32. This type, struck 1929-32, has a slightly smaller bust than the earlier issues.

Recorded mintage: 8,512,000, a common date.

Specification: 7.98 g, 0.917 fine gold, .235 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM-A22, Fr-5.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

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