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''Recorded mintage:'' 3,997,000.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 3,997,000.
  
''Specification:'' 3.99 g, .917 fine gold.  
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''Specification:'' 3.99 g, 0.917 fine gold.  
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' S-3974B; Fr-401; KM-804.  
 
''Catalog reference:'' S-3974B; Fr-401; KM-804.  
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* [[Great Britain 1907 1/2 sovereign|1907 half sovereign]]
 
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* [[Great Britain 1908 half penny|1908 half penny]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1908 penny|1908 penny]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1908 penny|1908 penny]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1908 penny KM-795|1908 silver Maundy penny]]
 
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* [[Great Britain 1908 half crown|1908 half crown]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1908 half crown|1908 half crown]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1908-B dollar|1908-B trade dollar]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1908-B dollar|1908-B trade dollar]]
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* [[Great Britain 1909 1/2 sovereign|1909 half sovereign]]
 
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[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2019 ANA sale]]
 
[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2019 ANA sale]]

Latest revision as of 11:00, 5 August 2024

from the Stack's Bowers 2019 ANA sale, lot 22859
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This specimen was lot 22859 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it sold for $204. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Sovereign, 1908. London Mint. PCGS AU-58 Gold Shield. Good strike, lustrous and attractive." This type was struck 1902-10 in considerable numbers and is the only half sovereign for Edward VII.

Recorded mintage: 3,997,000.

Specification: 3.99 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: S-3974B; Fr-401; KM-804.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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.
  • 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.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

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