Watch List notes:

BRITISH COINS, Edward VII, Satin Finish Gold Proof Sovereign, 1908 C, Ottawa mint (Canada), engraved by George William De Saulles, bare head facing right, DeS. below, toothed border and raised rim, EDWARDVS VII D: G: BRITT: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP:, rev struck en médaille, engraved after Benedetto Pistrucci, St George slaying dragon with sword, cloak with complete hemline, two strand helmet streamer, horse with long tail, broken lance on ground-line to left, wwp in relief under lance, C mintmark on ground, date in exergue, tiny b.p. to upper right, finely toothed border within twin linear concentric circles and raised rim, 7.98g (Bentley 879; KM 14; Fr 1; Marsh 183 R6; S 3970). Once cleaned with associated hairlines, otherwise good extremely fine and extremely rare.
ex Hemisphere collection, Baldwin's Auction 88, 8 May 2014, lot 2187
Calendar year mintage 636, including ten which were sent for pyx trial
All the 1908 Canada specimens were struck to this satin finish in commemoration of the inauguration of the Ottawa Mint.

Estimate: £6000-8000