Great Britain 1979 sovereign

Goldberg sale 85, lot 3291

photo courtesy Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

This specimen was lot 3291 in Goldberg sale 85 (Los Angeles, June 2015), where it sold for $323. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Sovereign, 1979. Elizabeth II. In original case. Choice Brilliant Proof." This type of 1974-84 is the second large issue of sovereigns since George V but these were sold to investors and collectors and not issued for circulation.

Recorded mintage: 9,100,000 plus 50,000 proofs.

Specification: 7.99 g, 0.917 fine gold, .2355 ounce AGW.

Catalog reference: KM-919.

Source:

• 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.
• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Aleeza Brown, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 85: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2015.

Link to:

• 1978 sovereign
• 1978 new penny
• 1980 sovereign
• Coins and currency dated 1979
• return to coins of Great Britain