View source for Great Britain 1873 sovereign Fr-387i

[[Image:Great Britain 1873 sovereign obv Ponterio 168-50154.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 168, lot 50154]]
[[Image:Great Britain 1873 sovereign rev Ponterio 168-50154.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC]]

This specimen was lot 50154 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $632. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Sovereign, 1873. PCGS MS-61. Die number 13. Ex: Douro Cargo." This bust was used on the sovereign, or one pound coin, 1838-64 with a slightly modified type (KM 736.2) extending until 1874. This date is common. All issues of this date with the shield reverse bear die numbers.

''Recorded mintage:'' 2,368,000 including the [[Great Britain 1873 sovereign Fr-388|St. George reverse]].

''Specification:'' 7.98 g, 0.917 fine gold.

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-387i; S-3853B; KM-736.2. 

''[[Bibliography|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.
* Bressett, Kenneth E., ''A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed.,'' Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
* Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, ''Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date'', London: Coincraft, 1995.
* Skingley, Philip, ed., ''Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition,'' London: Spink & Son, 2011.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction,'' Irvine, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2012. 

''Link to:''
* [[Great Britain 1872 sovereign Fr-388|1872 sovereign, St. George reverse]]
* [[Great Britain 1872 sovereign Fr-387i|1872 sovereign, shield reverse]]
* [[Great Britain 1873 farthing|1873 farthing]]
* [[Great Britain 1873 half penny|1873 half penny]]
* [[Great Britain 1873 penny|1873 penny]]
* [[Great Britain 1873 shilling|1873 shilling]]
* [[Great Britain 1873 florin|1873 florin]]
* [[Great Britain 1873 1/2 sovereign|1873 half sovereign]]
* [[Great Britain 1873 sovereign Fr-388|1873 sovereign, St. George reverse]]
* [[Great Britain 1874 sovereign Fr-387|1874 sovereign, shield reverse]]
* [[Great Britain 1874 sovereign Fr-388|1874 sovereign]]
* [[Great Britain 1886 sovereign|1886 sovereign, shield reverse]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1873]]
* return to coins of [[Great Britain]]

[[Category:Selections from Ponterio sale 168]]