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LOT 4078
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Proof AV Two Pounds. Dated 2018. Royal Mint. Commemorating 250 years since the first round-the-world voyage of Captain Cook. Designs by Jody Clark andGary Breeze.
ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 2 POUNDS ·, crowned bust of Elizabeth II to right / Cook's ship Endeavour set off-centre to left and superimposed on a map of Plymouth Sound with diagonal lines running through, 250 to right, Captain Cook's signature below; in outer ring the anniversary dates 1768 - 2018 above and CAPTAIN JAMES COOK below. Edge lettering: OCEANI INVESTIGATOR ACERRIMVS. S K48. PCGS PR70 DCAM, certification number: 35538627. PCGS population in this grade: 4, equal-finest graded.3 1/4 - 4 1/4 in. (365 grams total, 8.2-10.7 cm including case.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK coin market.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Diameter: 28.4 mm. Thickness: 2.5 mm. Weight: 15.9761 g. (AGW=0.4711 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold.
Setting sail in August 1768 on HM Bark Endeavour, Cook would circumnavigate the world twice and fill in many gaps in the world map, including setting foot on Australia.
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LOT 4078
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Proof AV Two Pounds.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,161
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Great Britain. Windsor, George V AV Sovereign. Dated 1930. Perth mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £819
GEORGIVS V D. G. BRITT: OMN: REX F. D. IND: IMP:, bare head left, BM on truncation / St George on horseback slaying the dragon right, no WWP under lance; mintmark P in groundline; date and B.P. in exergue. SCBC 4002; Marsh 269; McD 292. 36.56 grams total, 82 mm including case.
PCGS MS63, certification number 50931525. PCGS population in this grade: 70. PCGS population in higher grade: 23.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Mintage: 1,915,352. Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 7.99 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AV Sovereign. Dated 1842. London mint. Closed 2.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,001
VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, first young head of Victoria to left, hair tied in fillet; date below truncation, with closed 2 / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned shield within wreath; thistle, rose and shamrock below. Fr 387e; KM 736.1; Marsh 25; SCBC 3852. 36.80 grams total, 82 mm including case.
PCGS AU58, certification number 50931653. PCGS population in this grade: 7. PCGS population in higher grade: 27.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Mintage: 4,865,375. Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AV Sovereign. Dated 1893. Melbourne mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
VICTORIA · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·, old, veiled bust left, T.B. below / St George on horseback slaying the dragon right; mintmark M in groundline; date and B.P. in exergue. SCBC 3875; Marsh 162; McD 190. 48.06 grams total, 86 mm including case.
NGC MS 62, certification number 2141304-046. NGC Census in this grade: 11. NGC Census in higher grade: 1.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Diameter: 22.05 mm. Weight: 7.99 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.) Composition: 917/1000 Gold.
