Z - Complete Australian Sovereign Set 1855 - 1932
1889M


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Set Details
Origin/Country: AUSTRALIA - CIRCULATION
Design Description:
Item Description: 1SOV 1889M
Grade: NGC MS 61
Owner: Zebo
 
Winning Set: Z - Complete Australian Sovereign Set 1855 - 1932
Date Added: 12/13/2016
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Scarce - Common2
Mintage 2,732,590 (or 2,732,000 which 590 went for the pyx trial) (Mintage for Second Legend is 2,677,938)
Second Legend variety B
Victoria Jubilee Head
St. George
Providence:
Pop 12 with 6 finer
Park House Collection sold 2015 to this collection
Graded Uncirculated by St. James

Park House Collection
The Park House Collection went under the hammer in May 2015. The collection was assembled over many years by Bob Jaggard and Mark Rasmussen on behalf of a Singaporean-based collector. The collection contained a nearly-complete run of English and colonial sovereigns from 1817 to 2011, while the Australian section of the set included several issues from the Quartermaster Collection. Special varieties and the two Adelaide Pounds were also included. The collection did not contain the Edward VIII 1937 proof sovereign, but both 1920-S specimen sovereign (ex-Quartermaster Collection) and 1953 proof sovereign (ex-Hemisphere Collection) were represented: These two coins alone together brought in over $1.7 million Australian dollars. Several of the Australian rarities were submitted to PCGS and subsequently graded, and bear the Park House Collection pedigree. As of writing (July 2015), the collection has not quite got the name-recognition of the Eliasberg, Terner, or Quartermaster collections, but I believe this will change in time as the collection gains prestige.

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