Great Britain 1999 sovereign

Stack's Bowers 2021 NYINC sale, lot 23814

This specimen was lot 23814 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $504. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Sovereign, 1999. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. A sharply struck and well preserved example with hard mirrored fields and frosted devices. Free of tone, haze or fog. From the Collection of Richard Jewell." This type was struck 1998-2008 for sale to collectors and did not circulate altho some show signs of mishandling.

Recorded mintage: 10,000 proofs.

Specification: 7.99 g, 0.917 fine gold, 22 mm diameter, 0.2355 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: S-4430; Fr-454; KM-1002.

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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Link to:

• 1998 sovereign
• 1998 5 pounds, Prince Charles' 50th birthday
• 1999 penny
• 1999 half sovereign
• 1999 5 pounds, Princess Diana
• 1999 5 pounds, millennium
• 2000 half sovereign
• 2000 sovereign
• Coins and currency dated 1999