Great Britain 1838 1/2 sovereign

Heritage sale 3037, lot 29721

This specimen was lot 29721 in Heritage sale 3037 (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $2,585. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Victoria gold 1/2 Sovereign 1838 MS64 PCGS, Royal mint. Bright yellow-gold surfaces immediately capture the eye's attention with smooth satin texture and minimal abrasions adding to the appeal. Conditionally rare at this near-Gem grade with only one coin graded at the MS64 level at PCGS and a single example graded finer." This bust was used on the half sovereign, or ten shilling coin, 1838-85. This is a better date.

Recorded mintage: 273,000 (a better date).

Specification: 3.99 g, 0.917 fine gold, .117 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 735.1, S-3859.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 3037, featuring the Empire, the Santa Catarina, the Law and the Santa Maria Collections, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014.
• Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
• 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.
• 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.

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