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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 2619600, member: 69760&quot;]In 1997, according to the 2-coin 50 pence silver proof set&#039;s COA, Great Britain&#039;s Royal Mint issued <u>two</u> sterling silver proof versions of the Britannia seated: one in 27.3mm and one in 30mm. However, after checking both NGC&#039;s online catalog and the Krause book, the 30mm version isn&#039;t shown. There&#039;s also some clarification I&#039;m looking for about the mintage. I embedded links and posted pics that move chronologically through my research into the matter.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The 27.3mm one is clearly KM <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/great-britain-50-pence-km-940.2a-1997-cuid-163827-duid-373005" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/great-britain-50-pence-km-940.2a-1997-cuid-163827-duid-373005" rel="nofollow">#940.2a</a>. However, the 30mm version leaves a number of questions. There&#039;s a note that says that it &quot;Also exists as Piedfort, P24&quot;. So, I clicked on <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/great-britain-50-pence-km-p24-1997-cuid-44073-duid-125654" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/great-britain-50-pence-km-p24-1997-cuid-44073-duid-125654" rel="nofollow">P24</a> and there isn&#039;t much info, except another roundabout note referring me to KM <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/great-britain-50-pence-km-963-1992-cuid-43447-duid-124793" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/great-britain-50-pence-km-963-1992-cuid-43447-duid-124793" rel="nofollow">#963</a>. Yet, when I go to KM #963, it refers to a completely different design.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does this mean that the noted KM #963 reference is incorrect, or did Krause simply miss the 30mm variant (in which case, it should be KM <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/great-britain-50-pence-km-940.1a-1996-cuid-43341-duid-124639" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/great-britain-50-pence-km-940.1a-1996-cuid-43341-duid-124639" rel="nofollow">#940.1a</a>)? I&#039;m thinking it&#039;s the latter. What makes it more confusing is that the 1997 2-coin set is not even listed as a proof set in the Krause catalog! There are only PS #s 102, 103, and 104, which contain 10, 4, and 4 coins, respectively.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My other question has to do with mintage. Although the COA reports a maximum <i>allowed</i> mintage of 25,000, according to Krause only 1,000 were ever minted for the 27.3mm version. I&#039;m assuming that these silver proofs were only issued as 2-coin sets. Does this infer that only 1,000 coins were minted for the 30mm version, too?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>--------------------------</p><p>[ATTACH=full]574444[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]574431[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>--------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]574428[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>--------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]574439[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>--------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]574432[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>--------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]574433[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>--------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]574436[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>--------------------------[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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