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* [[Great Britain 1978 sovereign|1978 sovereign]] | * [[Great Britain 1978 sovereign|1978 sovereign]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1978 penny|1978 new penny]] | * [[Great Britain 1978 penny|1978 new penny]] | ||
| + | * [[Great Britain 1979 penny|1979 new penny]] | ||
| + | * [[Great Britain 1979 2 pence|1979 2 new pence]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1979 5 pence|1979 5 new pence]] | * [[Great Britain 1979 5 pence|1979 5 new pence]] | ||
| + | * [[Great Britain 1979 10 pence|1979 10 new pence]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1980 sovereign|1980 sovereign]] | * [[Great Britain 1980 sovereign|1980 sovereign]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1979]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1979]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:16, 26 December 2024
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.
- 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.
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