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<p>Created page with &quot;<a href="/index.php/File:SB124-56874_obv.jpg" title="File:SB124-56874 obv.jpg">300px|thumb|Stack&#039;s Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 56874</a> <a href="/index.php/File:SB124-56874_rev.jpg" title="File:SB124-56874 rev.jpg">300px|thumb</a> This specimen was lot 56874 in Stack&#039;s Bowers NY...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:SB124-56874 obv.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 56874]]<br /> [[Image:SB124-56874 rev.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br /> <br /> This specimen was lot 56874 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $264. The catalog description&lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt; noted, &quot;[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]]. 1/2 Sovereign, 1985. Llantrisant Mint. Elizabeth II. GEM PROOF.&quot; This type of 1985-97 was not made in large numbers but these were sold to investors and collectors and not issued for circulation.<br /> <br /> ''Recorded mintage:'' 25,000. <br /> <br /> ''Specification:'' 3.99 g, 0.917 fine gold. <br /> <br /> ''Catalog reference:'' S-4276; Fr-425; KM-942.<br /> <br /> ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''<br /> * 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.<br /> * Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.<br /> * Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, ''Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date,'' London: Coincraft, 1995.<br /> * Skingley, Philip, ed., ''Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England &amp; the United Kingdom, 46th edition,'' London: Spink &amp; Son, 2011.<br /> * &lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt;Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.<br /> <br /> ''Link to:''<br /> * [[Great Britain 1984 1/2 sovereign|1984 half sovereign]]<br /> * [[Great Britain 1984 sovereign|1984 sovereign]]<br /> * [[Great Britain 1984 5 pounds|1984 5 pounds]]<br /> * [[Great Britain 1985 sovereign|1985 sovereign]]<br /> * [[Great Britain 1985 2 pounds|1985 2 pounds]]<br /> * [[Great Britain 1985 5 pounds|1985 5 pounds]]<br /> * [[Great Britain 1986 1/2 sovereign|1986 half sovereign]]<br /> * [[Coins and currency dated 1985]]<br /> <br /> [[Category: Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale]]</div>

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