Great Britain 2022 50 pence KM-2158

Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 33208

This specimen was lot 33208 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Gold 50 Pence Piefort, 2022. Llantrisant Mint. Elizabeth II. NGC PROOF-68 Ultra Cameo. Commemorating 50 years of pride, this monumental offering takes a defiant stand for equality and visibility, and stands as the first of its kind to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community among the British series of coinage. Includes Certificate of Authenticity as #34." This denomination was used for numerous commemoratives in 2022. This design was struck in multiple formats; the gold piefort shown here is the scarcest.

Recorded mintage: 5,000,000 for circulation plus 58,860 copper-nickel proofs plus 4,955 silver proofs plus 260 gold proofs plus 60 gold pieforts.

Specification: 8 g, copper-nickel, 27.3 mm diameter. Also struck in sterling silver (KM 2158b), 15.5 g, 0.917 fine gold (KM 2158c) or 31 g, 0.917 fine gold (KM 2158d).

Catalog reference: S-H107; KM 2158 (copper-nickel), KM 2158b (colorized silver), KM 2158c (gold), KM-2158d (gold piefort).

Source:

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.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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Great Britain 2022 50 pence KM-2158

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