Victoria, young head, sovereign, 1841, both a's of gratia very faintly barred (Marsh 24; S. 3852), mint state with much original colour and brilliance and displaying minimal surface marks, in a PCGS holder as MS64, extremely rare thus and amongst the finest known of this, the key date of the young head series. Ex Morton & Eden, 3 July 2012, lot 568; previously purchased by a collector in Boston, Massachusetts in the 1960s. (£25000-30000)