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ANA Signature Sale 3066 17 Aug 2018
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Victoria gold Sovereign 1879 AU55 NGC, Royal mint, KM752, S-3856A, Marsh-90 (R4). From a mintage of just 20,000, this is truly a significant rarity of the British Sovereign series, and in a premium grade for the type. Very few examples are known at all and the majority of those are moderately to heavily circulated, whilst this specimen boasts the joint highest certification awarded by NGC. Bright and sunny in appearance, abundant residual luster gleaming from the peripheries, very nicely struck with near-full detail remaining; some flattening is present to Victoria's portrait as is to be expected from the grade, but the wear is shallow and unobtrusive. We offered another AU55 graded specimen in our September 2017 Long Beach sale where it realized $15,600, and we anticipate comparable excitement for this extremely rare Sovereign.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 8000-12000 USD
Victoria gold Sovereign 1879 AU55 NGC, Royal mint, KM752, S-3856A, Marsh-90 (R4). From a mintage of just 20,000, this is truly a significant rarity of the British Sovereign series, and in a premium grade for the type. Very few examples are known at all and the majority of those are moderately to heavily circulated, whilst this specimen boasts the joint highest certification awarded by NGC. Bright and sunny in appearance, abundant residual luster gleaming from the peripheries, very nicely struck with near-full detail remaining; some flattening is present to Victoria's portrait as is to be expected from the grade, but the wear is shallow and unobtrusive. We offered another AU55 graded specimen in our September 2017 Long Beach sale where it realized $15,600, and we anticipate comparable excitement for this extremely rare Sovereign.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 8000-12000 USD