Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 76 27 September 2012
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THE BENTLEY COLLECTION OF MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS.
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. George III, Sovereign, 1820, open 2, normal date arrangement, second laureate head right, finer engraved hair, date below, thin top heavy open 2 in date with tail upward, higher than 0, 8 and 2 spaced apart, 20 out of line from 18, the initial G of legend halfway turned towards date, ascending colon after BRITANNIAR:, lettering clear of thinner raised rim, some obverse letters slightly doubled, only a trace of outer linear circle on obverse, rev St George slaying dragon right with broken lance, trace of upper left serif to I of HONI, S of SOIT with broken upper curve, 7.92g (cf Marsh 4B R; MCE 466; S 3785C). Surface marks, some light deposits of dirt removed, fine to good fine.
ex Reserve Bank of Australia Sale, Downies, 29-30th November 2005, lot 1134
purchased via Winsor and Sons, Jamberoo, Australia and through A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 4 December 2006
Calendar year mintage 931,994
It is interesting to note that, as one of the lower grade Sovereigns in the Bentley Collection, this coin is well under the legal tender weight limit that was set in successive Coinage Acts from 1816-1891.
Estimate: £500-600
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. George III, Sovereign, 1820, open 2, normal date arrangement, second laureate head right, finer engraved hair, date below, thin top heavy open 2 in date with tail upward, higher than 0, 8 and 2 spaced apart, 20 out of line from 18, the initial G of legend halfway turned towards date, ascending colon after BRITANNIAR:, lettering clear of thinner raised rim, some obverse letters slightly doubled, only a trace of outer linear circle on obverse, rev St George slaying dragon right with broken lance, trace of upper left serif to I of HONI, S of SOIT with broken upper curve, 7.92g (cf Marsh 4B R; MCE 466; S 3785C). Surface marks, some light deposits of dirt removed, fine to good fine.
ex Reserve Bank of Australia Sale, Downies, 29-30th November 2005, lot 1134
purchased via Winsor and Sons, Jamberoo, Australia and through A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 4 December 2006
Calendar year mintage 931,994
It is interesting to note that, as one of the lower grade Sovereigns in the Bentley Collection, this coin is well under the legal tender weight limit that was set in successive Coinage Acts from 1816-1891.
Estimate: £500-600