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''Recorded mintage:'' 1,450,000.
 
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''Specification:'' 7.98 g, .917 fine gold.
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''Catalog reference:'' Fr-387i; S-3853; KM-736.2.  
 
''Catalog reference:'' Fr-387i; S-3853; KM-736.2.  
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* [[Great Britain 1865 half penny|1865 ½ penny]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1865 half penny|1865 ½ penny]]
 
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* [[Great Britain 1865 4 pence|1865 4 pence (groat)]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1865 6 pence|1865 sixpence]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1865 6 pence|1865 sixpence]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1865 shilling|1865 shilling]]
 
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* [[Great Britain 1865 florin|1865 florin]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1865 1/2 sovereign|1865 half sovereign]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1865 1/2 sovereign|1865 half sovereign]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1866 sovereign|1866 sovereign]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1866 sovereign|1866 sovereign]]

Latest revision as of 10:02, 16 October 2024

Ponterio sale 168, lot 50144
photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 50144 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $748. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Sovereign, 1865. PCGS MS-62. Die number 35. Pleasing Luster. Ex: Douro Cargo." This bust was used on the sovereign, or one pound coin, 1838-64 with a slightly modified type (KM 736.2) extending until 1874. This date is common. All issues of this date bear die numbers.

Recorded mintage: 1,450,000.

Specification: 7.98 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-387i; S-3853; KM-736.2.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

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