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Sincona sale 86, lot 1850

This specimen was lot 1850 in Sincona sale 86 (Zurich, October 2023), where it sold for 2,000 CHF (about US$2,693 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Elizabeth II. 1952-2022. Proof 5 Pounds 2019, Royal Mint Llantrisant. Gold. 'Tower of London - Legend of the Rave[n]s'. Very rare. Only 385 pieces struck. NGC PF69 ULTRA CAMEO. With original box and certificate. No. 44 of 385 sets."

This design was struck in copper-nickel, silver, silver piedfort and gold.

Recorded mintage: 20,199 in copper-nickel plus 2,864 in silver plus 941 piedforts plus 385 in gold.

Specification: circulation issue: 28.28 g, copper-nickel, 38.61 mm diameter; silver: 28.28 g, 0.925 fine silver; silver piedfort: 56.56 g, 0.925 fine silver; gold version: 39.97 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 39.98 g.

Catalog reference: Spink L73, KM 1740; silver: KM 1740a; silver piedfort: KM 1740b; gold: Fr-676, KM 1740c.

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.
  • [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 86, SINCONA British Collection - Part 5, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2023.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
  • Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.

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