Great Britain 1821 half crown

Heritage sale 3094, lot 34787

This specimen was lot 34787 in Heritage sale 3094 (Chicago, August 2021), where it sold for $2,640. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain: George IV 1/2 Crown 1821 MS65 PCGS. Lightly Garnished. Blanketed in intermingled steel and olive tone over well-kept surfaces displaying underlying mint luster. Currently exceeded by only a single example in the PCGS Census. Ex. Trident Collection." This type was issued 1820-21 and 1823 only and is expensive in nice condition. In 1817, the coinage was reformed and the mint reorganized. Modern equipment was installed and all the old, worn, clipped and counterfeit coinage called in and reminted. Henceforth, each denomination was issued annually instead of spasmodically; it is considered the beginning of modern coinage in Britain.

Recorded mintage: 1,435,000.

Specification: 14.14 g, 0.925 fine silver, .420 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 676, S-3807.

Source:

• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• 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.
• 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, ANA WFOM World & Ancient Coins Platinum Night Signature Auction #3094, featuring the Cape Coral Collection, the WTR Collection and the Monaco Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2021.

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