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''Recorded mintage:'' 1,999,000.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 1,999,000.
  
''Specification:'' 14.14 g, .925 fine silver, .420 troy oz ASW.
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''Specification:'' 14.14 g, 0.925 fine silver, .420 troy oz ASW.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' S-3888; KM 740.  
 
''Catalog reference:'' S-3888; KM 740.  
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* [[Great Britain 1844 farthing|1844 farthing]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1844 farthing|1844 farthing]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1844 penny|1844 penny]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1844 penny|1844 penny]]
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* [[Great Britain 1844 4 pence KM-731.1|1844 fourpence (groat), Britannia reverse]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1844 6 pence|1844 sixpence]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1844 6 pence|1844 sixpence]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1844 shilling|1844 shilling]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1844 shilling|1844 shilling]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1844 crown|1844 crown]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1844 crown|1844 crown]]
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* [[Great Britain 1844 1/2 sovereign|1844 half sovereign]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1844 sovereign|1844 sovereign]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1844 sovereign|1844 sovereign]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1845 half crown|1845 half crown]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1845 half crown|1845 half crown]]

Latest revision as of 12:37, 25 January 2024

Ponterio sale 150, lot 9425

This coin was lot 9425 in Ponterio sale 150 (Los Angeles, August 2009), where it sold for $391. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Crown, 1844. Dipped, BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED." The type was struck for circulation 1839-50 and features the bust of the young queen Victoria. A slightly revised bust was used 1874-87. The bust strongly resembles the one used on the crown but the half crown was issued in much larger numbers.

Recorded mintage: 1,999,000.

Specification: 14.14 g, 0.925 fine silver, .420 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: S-3888; KM 740.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, and Kent Ponterio, Ponterio sale 150: The 2009 Los Angeles ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Bowers and Merena, 2009.
  • 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.
  • Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
  • Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.

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