6. GREAT BRITAIN, QUEEN VICTORIA GOLD HALF-SOVEREIGNS 1838-1901, CIRCULATION ISSUES

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: GREAT BRITAIN 1816-1901
Item Description: 1/2SOV 1899 G.britain Ex CARANETT COLLECTION
Full Grade: NGC MS 65
Owner: TMS Coins

Owner Comments:

BRITAIN, VICTORIA Veiled Head, GOLD HALF-SOVEREIGN 1899 (S3878).

OBVERSE: Old veiled head of Queen facing left.
REVERSE: St. George slaying the Dragon. Date in ex.
DIAMETER: 19.4 mm.
WEIGHT: 3.994 g.
FINENESS: 22 carat.
MILLESIMAL FINENESS: 916.66.
EDGE: Milled.
MINTAGE: 3,361,881
RATING: C (M.Marsh).

1899 GOLD HALF-SOVEREIGN MS 65
NGC : 3153564-005

Boldly struck up leaving pronounced edge dentils framing the lustrus centers.
The planchet a uniform sand-yellow colour and the surfaces free from bagmarks.
An elite example of this late Victorian type.

NGC : Single finest
Ex Caranett Collection.

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