Owner Comments:
GT. BRITAIN, QUEEN ELIZABETH II GOLD HALF-SOVEREIGN 2002
(Marsh 549; S 4441).
OBVERSE: Bust of the Queen facing right and wearing a tiara, the letters I R B below the truncation.
REVERSE: A beautifully adapted design of the Victorian shield reverse sovereign with the date 2002 below the design.
DESIGN: Obverse by Ian Rank-Broadley. Reverse by Timothy Martin Noad.
DIAMETER: 19.4 mm.
WEIGHT: 3.994 g.
FINENESS: 22 carat.
MILLESIMAL FINENESS: 916.66.
EDGE: Milled.
MINTAGE: 61,347.
RATING: N (M.Marsh).
2002 GOLD HALF-SOVEREIGN MS 68
Outstanding coin of superb quality.
Fully struck and fully lustrus with perfect surfaces.
Purchased from ebay 20 June 2011.