Great Britain 1998 5 pounds

Goldberg sale 98, lot 2498

This specimen was lot 2498 in Goldberg sale 98 (Los Angeles, June 2017), where it sold for $1,762.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Five Pounds, 1998. Elizabeth II. 50th Birthday - Prince Charles. Mintage 773. In original case." This type was also struck in silver and copper-nickel for the common herd.

Recorded mintage: 1,407,000 + 100,000 proofs in copper-nickel; 13,379 in silver; 773 in gold.

Specification: KM 995: 28.28 g, copper-nickel, 38.6 mm diameter; KM 995a: 28.28 g, .925 fine silver; KM 995b: 39.94 g, .917 fine gold, 1.1775 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 995 (copper-nickel), KM 995a (silver); S.4550; KM-995b (gold).

Source:

• 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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 98: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2017.

Link to:

• 1997 5 pounds, 50th wedding anniversary of queen Elizabeth and prince Philip
• 1998 50 pence, European Common Market
• 1998 sovereign
• 1999 5 pounds, millennium
• Coins and currency dated 1998
• return to coins of Great Britain