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. Unusual 1830 George IV Sovereign with En Médaille Die Axis. George IV, Sovereign, 1830, struck with en médaille die axis, second bare head left, date below, rev crowned shield of arms, quartered with the arms of Hanover as an escutcheon, 7.91g (Marsh 15; MCE 481; S 3801). Once cleaned, almost very fine and rare, the only specimen the cataloguer has seen, extremely rare.
ex St James's Auction 4, 8 May 2006, lot 362
The occurrence of a true opposite die axis to that usually encountered is a real oddity in the gold series of currency coinage. The upright die axis is usually reserved for medals in this period or rare proof strikings (hence the term "en médaille" - like a medal) and though slightly off-centre die axis strikes do rarely occur, true opposite is a real rarity. In the Bentley Collection as a whole it is only this coin of 1830 and one sold in part one, dated 1817, that have an opposite to the normal die axis. Part three of the Bentley collection will contain a possibly unique proof 1830 Sovereign of George IV that also has this dies axis.
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.
Calendar year mintage 2,387,881
George IV died on 26 June 1830
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Estimate: £1000-1500
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. Unusual 1830 George IV Sovereign with En Médaille Die Axis. George IV, Sovereign, 1830, struck with en médaille die axis, second bare head left, date below, rev crowned shield of arms, quartered with the arms of Hanover as an escutcheon, 7.91g (Marsh 15; MCE 481; S 3801). Once cleaned, almost very fine and rare, the only specimen the cataloguer has seen, extremely rare.
ex St James's Auction 4, 8 May 2006, lot 362
The occurrence of a true opposite die axis to that usually encountered is a real oddity in the gold series of currency coinage. The upright die axis is usually reserved for medals in this period or rare proof strikings (hence the term "en médaille" - like a medal) and though slightly off-centre die axis strikes do rarely occur, true opposite is a real rarity. In the Bentley Collection as a whole it is only this coin of 1830 and one sold in part one, dated 1817, that have an opposite to the normal die axis. Part three of the Bentley collection will contain a possibly unique proof 1830 Sovereign of George IV that also has this dies axis.
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.
Calendar year mintage 2,387,881
George IV died on 26 June 1830
.
Estimate: £1000-1500