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''Recorded mintage:'' 91,000 plus 797 proofs.
 
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''Specification:'' 15.98 g, .917 fine gold, .470 troy oz AGW.  
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''Specification:'' 15.98 g, 0.917 fine gold, .470 troy oz AGW.  
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' S.3865; Fr-391; KM-768.
 
''Catalog reference:'' S.3865; Fr-391; KM-768.

Revision as of 14:04, 8 August 2023

Goldberg sale 67, lot 3602
photo courtesy Goldberg Coins & Collectibles

This specimen was lot 3602 in Goldberg sale 67 (Los Angeles, January 2012), where it sold for $4,255. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain. 2 Pounds, 1887. Victoria. Jubilee bust left. Reverse: St. George. A choice frosty example in premium grade. Very scarce this nice. PCGS graded MS-65." This is the first issue of this denomination since a few proofs were struck in 1831, during the reign of William IV. The next issue was in 1893 and used the "old head" of Victoria.

Recorded mintage: 91,000 plus 797 proofs.

Specification: 15.98 g, 0.917 fine gold, .470 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: S.3865; Fr-391; KM-768.

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.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.* 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.
  • [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Stephen Harvey, Paul Rynearson and Jason Bradford, Pre-Long Beach Auction, Ancient & World Coins, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, 2011.

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