Great Britain: gold half-sovereign of Queen Victoria, 1901, from the Terner Collection
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Great Britain: gold half-sovereign of Queen Victoria, 1901, from the Terner Collection
Obverse: veiled old head of Queen Victoria left.
Reverse: Pistrucci's Greco-Romanized rendition of Saint George slaying the Dragon: St. George right, naked except for cape, on back of rearing horse, wielding gladius-style short sword to strike at dragon below.
KM 784, .917 gold/.1177 oz. 3.99 g. Mintage: 2,037,999. PCGS MS64, with Terner pedigree noted on label. Cert. #90089936. Ex-Dimitri Gotzamanis, Athens, Greece (aka "SYRACUSIAN" on Collectors Universe), January, 2005, through a private trade. Prior provenance to the collection of Dr. Jacob Terner, purchased by him in 1982 and sold by Goldberg's as Lot 406 in the Pre-Long Beach Auction of May 26-27, 2003.
I've had this beautiful little coin for many years now. It used to be one of the important pieces in my daughter's 1901 Victorian type set, but in early 2014, when she decided she really wasn't that interested in collecting coins, I sold her collection to reinvest the proceeds into something else until she grows up. I decided to keep this coin for myself, though, and so "bought" it back from Victoria to include in my own "Box of 20" collection.
Miscellaneous links:
PCGS cert verification page
NGC/Krause priceguide trends
2003 Goldberg auction listing (Lot 406, this coin)
Wikipedia links:
Queen Victoria
Half sovereign
Saint George and the Dragon
Benedetto Pistrucci
When posted here, this coin was part of my "Eclectic Box of 20" collection.
Prior to that, it was part of my daughter's Victoria Hope Collection.
Obverse: veiled old head of Queen Victoria left.
Reverse: Pistrucci's Greco-Romanized rendition of Saint George slaying the Dragon: St. George right, naked except for cape, on back of rearing horse, wielding gladius-style short sword to strike at dragon below.
KM 784, .917 gold/.1177 oz. 3.99 g. Mintage: 2,037,999. PCGS MS64, with Terner pedigree noted on label. Cert. #90089936. Ex-Dimitri Gotzamanis, Athens, Greece (aka "SYRACUSIAN" on Collectors Universe), January, 2005, through a private trade. Prior provenance to the collection of Dr. Jacob Terner, purchased by him in 1982 and sold by Goldberg's as Lot 406 in the Pre-Long Beach Auction of May 26-27, 2003.
I've had this beautiful little coin for many years now. It used to be one of the important pieces in my daughter's 1901 Victorian type set, but in early 2014, when she decided she really wasn't that interested in collecting coins, I sold her collection to reinvest the proceeds into something else until she grows up. I decided to keep this coin for myself, though, and so "bought" it back from Victoria to include in my own "Box of 20" collection.
Miscellaneous links:
PCGS cert verification page
NGC/Krause priceguide trends
2003 Goldberg auction listing (Lot 406, this coin)
Wikipedia links:
Queen Victoria
Half sovereign
Saint George and the Dragon
Benedetto Pistrucci
When posted here, this coin was part of my "Eclectic Box of 20" collection.
Prior to that, it was part of my daughter's Victoria Hope Collection.
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"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
Wow, Victoria's old enough to tell you that she's not interested in the set that you've been building for her for so long..... Sad, but not unexpected. I guess that it should be a lesson to the rest of us who pretend to collect coins on behalf of our kids. Most if not all will prefer to use the money for something else. I intend to buy a 2011 5 coin proof sovereign set (from 1/4sov to £5), but that's her birthyear, it's gold and it will be in a safe deposit for her until she's 18.
Other than that, excellent choice for your box.
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I agree with Stork. My daughter is still under the official teenager threshold at 10, but she definitely qualifies as a "tween" and I do not take all of her statements seriously because of that. Bear in mind that many teenagers these days think it is awesome to walk around in pseudovampire (goth) clothing and you get my drift. They are lost and weird creatures.
Also, I am very impressed with your accounting ability. You are the Enron of collecting companies for you and Victoria!
(Seriously, great coin, and glad you kept it. Silly teenagers.)
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Sold already? I thought it was still currently for sale on the bay? (though not much longer)
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