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''Recorded mintage:'' est. 400. | ''Recorded mintage:'' est. 400. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 39.94 g, .917 fine gold, 1.177 troy oz AGW. | + | ''Specification:'' 39.94 g, 0.917 fine gold, 1.177 troy oz AGW. |
''Catalog reference:'' S3851, KM 742. | ''Catalog reference:'' S3851, KM 742. | ||
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ||
| + | * 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, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. | * Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. | ||
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* Bressett, Kenneth E., ''A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed.,'' Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962. | * 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. | * Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, ''Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date,'' London: Coincraft, 1995. | ||
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* [[Great Britain 1839 1/4 farthing|1839 ¼ farthing]] | * [[Great Britain 1839 1/4 farthing|1839 ¼ farthing]] | ||
| + | * [[Great Britain 1839 half farthing|1839 half farthing]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1839 farthing|1839 farthing]] | * [[Great Britain 1839 farthing|1839 farthing]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1839 half penny|1839 half penny]] | * [[Great Britain 1839 half penny|1839 half penny]] | ||
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* [[Great Britain 1839 2 pence|1839 Maundy tuppence]] | * [[Great Britain 1839 2 pence|1839 Maundy tuppence]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1839 3 pence|1839 threepence]] | * [[Great Britain 1839 3 pence|1839 threepence]] | ||
| + | * [[Great Britain 1839 4 pence KM-731.1|1839 fourpence (groat), Britannia reverse]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1839 4 pence KM-732|1839 Maundy groat]] | * [[Great Britain 1839 4 pence KM-732|1839 Maundy groat]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1839 6 pence|1839 sixpence]] | * [[Great Britain 1839 6 pence|1839 sixpence]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1839 shilling|1839 shilling]] | * [[Great Britain 1839 shilling|1839 shilling]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1839 half crown|1839 half crown]] | * [[Great Britain 1839 half crown|1839 half crown]] | ||
| + | * [[Great Britain 1839 crown|1839 crown]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1839 1/2 sovereign|1839 half sovereign]] | * [[Great Britain 1839 1/2 sovereign|1839 half sovereign]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1839 sovereign|1839 sovereign]] | * [[Great Britain 1839 sovereign|1839 sovereign]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:21, 8 August 2023
This specimen was lot 25006 in Heritage sale 3015 (Long Beach, September 2011), where it sold for $92,000. The catalog description[1] noted,
"A Choice 'Una & the Lion' £5 Victoria Proof £5 1839, Young Head, PR63 Ultra Cameo NGC, the portrait and lion motif in stark relief against deeply mirrored fields with orange-peel texture, the proof impression really excellent, and relatively few abrasions or hairlines, therefore clearly a choice specimen. Variety with delicately raised decorations on the fillets in the queen's hairdo, and in the reverse legend 'DIRIGE', the legend translating to English as 'May God Direct My Steps' (Psalm 118:133). A classic of the Victorian Age in both style and sentiment, and one of master engraver William Wyon's masterpieces, with a modest mintage in the hundreds, the exact number struck unknown because this coin was minted on demand from the time it first appeared in the Coronation sets until the style was replaced in the Jubilee year. Always popular but seldom available in this excellent state of preservation. A truly majestic coin, and rare so fine. From The Pikes Peak Collection."
This large, glamorous type always makes the front cover of any auction catalog in which it appears.
Recorded mintage: est. 400.
Specification: 39.94 g, 0.917 fine gold, 1.177 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: S3851, KM 742.
- 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, 1801-1900, 9th 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.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3015, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2011.
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