Owner Comments:
GT, BRITAIN, GEORGE V GOLD HALF-SOVEREIGN 1912.
(Marsh 527; S 4006).
OBVERSE: The bare head of the King facing left. The small letters B.M. for Bertram Mackennal are shown in relief on the lower truncation towards the rear.
REVERSE: St. George mounted with streamer flowing from helmet, slaying the dragon with a sword. Date is shown below the exergue line with the small letters B.P. for Benedetto Pistrucci.
ENGRAVERS: Bertram Mackennal and Benedetto Pistrucci.
DIAMETER: 19.4mm.
WEIGHT: 3.9940g
FINENESS: 22 carat.
MILLESIMAL FINENESS: 916.66.
EDGE: Milled.
MINTAGE: 6.224.316.
RATING: C (M.Marsh).
1912 GOLD HALF-SOVEREIGN MS 66
NGC 3419782-016
An absolutely stunning specimen of this issue.
Superb GEM with vibrant gold color, sharp detailed strike, and fabulous luster over satiny surfaces.
ex Ted Reams Collection.
ex Heritage Auction # 3020, lot 27195, Long Beach, 11 September 2012.
NGC: Pop 1 with none grading higher.
Photo : The Tower of London. The London Royal Mint at the Tower Hill near the Tower of London
EVENTS IN HISTORY
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January 1, 1912 : Event of Interest; Sun Yat-sen forms the Republic of China.
January 4, 1912 : Smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-ctr.
January 6, 1912 : New Mexico becomes 47th state of the Union.
February 14, 1912 : Arizona was admitted to the Union as the 48th state.
March 1, 1912 : U.S. Army Captain Albert Berry performs first (attached-type) parachute jump from an airplane.
March 7, 1912 : Scientific Discovery; Ronald Amundsen announces his discovery of the South Pole (located 14 December 1911).
March 11, 1912 : Election of Interest; Eleftherios Venizelos, leader of the Liberal Party, wins the Greek elections again.
March 12, 1912 : Event of Interest; Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) forms in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low.
April 2, 1912 : Event of Interest; Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power.
April 10, 1912 : RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton for her maiden (and final) voyage.
April 14, 1912 : RMS Titanic hits an iceberg at 11.40pm off Newfoundland.
April 15, 1912 : 'Unsinkable' RMS Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as the band plays on, with the loss of between 1,490 and 1,635 people.
April 18, 1912 : Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City.
May 1, 1912 : Beverly Hills Hotel opens.
May 8, 1912 : Film and television production and distribution studio Paramount Pictures is founded.
July 6, 1912 : V Summer (Modern) Olympic Games officially open Stockholm.
July 15, 1912 : British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect.
August 5, 1912 : Japan's first taxicab service begins in Ginza, Tokyo.
October 8, 1912 : Montenegro declares war on Turkey, beginning 1st Balkan War.
October 17, 1912 : Bulgaria, Greece & Serbia declares war on Turkey.
October 18, 1912 : The Treaty of Lausanne ends the Italo-Turkish War; Italy annexes Libya.
The First Balkan War breaks out, with Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece opposed to Turkey.
November 5, 1912 : Election of Interest; Democrat candidate Woodrow Wilson is elected President of the United States, defeating Republican incumbent William Howard Taft and Progressive candidate Theodore Roosevelt.
November 9, 1912 : Ottoman garrison surrenders Thessaloniki / Salonika to the Greek army (OS Oct 27).
December 3, 1912 : Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece & Bulgaria sign weapons pact.
December 16, 1912 : First Balkan War: The Ottoman Navy is defeated by the Royal Hellenic Navy at the Battle of Eli.