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''Recorded mintage:'' 7,200,000. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 7,200,000. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 11.31 g, .925 fine silver, .336 troy oz ASW. | + | ''Specification:'' 11.31 g, 0.925 fine silver, .336 troy oz ASW. |
''Catalog reference:'' KM 746.2. | ''Catalog reference:'' KM 746.2. | ||
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* [[Great Britain 1872 half penny|1872 half penny]] | * [[Great Britain 1872 half penny|1872 half penny]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1872 penny|1872 penny]] | * [[Great Britain 1872 penny|1872 penny]] | ||
| + | * [[Great Britain 1872 3 pence|1872 threepence]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1872 4 pence|1872 Maundy fourpence (groat)]] | * [[Great Britain 1872 4 pence|1872 Maundy fourpence (groat)]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1872 shilling|1872 shilling]] | * [[Great Britain 1872 shilling|1872 shilling]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:48, 25 July 2025
This specimen was lot 33084 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "Victoria 'Gothic' Florin 1872 MS64+ NGC. Expressing full mint bloom with velvety surfaces and ample luster, and a few minor die breaks throughout. From the Engelen Collection of World Coinage." This type was struck 1848-87 in reasonable quantities in an attempt to decimalize the currency (one pound = ten florins). This subtype with die numbers was issued 1868-78.
Recorded mintage: 7,200,000.
Specification: 11.31 g, 0.925 fine silver, .336 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 746.2.
- Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
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