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 1866 G.britain Ex LAKE COUNTY COLLECTION
Full Grade: NGC MS 63
Owner: TMS Coins

Owner Comments:

GT. BRITAIN, VICTORIA Young Head Type A2, with die number, GOLD HALF-SOVEREIGN 1866
(Marsh 442; S 3860).

OBVERSE: Young head of Victoria facing left.
REVERSE: The Ensigns Armorial within a garnished shield surmounted by a crown. Die number below shield.
DIAMETER: 19.4 mm.
WEIGHT: 3.994 g.
FINENESS: 22 carat.
MILLESIMAL FINENESS: 916.66.
EDGE: Milled.
MINTAGE: 2,058.776
RATING: N (M.Marsh).

1866 GOLD HALF-SOVEREIGN MS63
NGC 2754318-004

Highly satiny and carefully handled for the issue, with blooming golden luster that rolls over the fields upon a turn of the wrist to illuminate minimally marked surfaces. This date proves difficult to procure in finer grades, and currently ranks as the second-finest in NGC's census, with only a single MS64 certifying above.

Ex Lake County Collection.
Heritage Auction #3073, April 2019.

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