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. William IV, Sovereign, 1832, M over small m or V variety, second bare head right with coarse hair and flat topped, deeply engraved ear, W.W. fully incuse on truncation, nose points to second I in BRITANNIAR, second M possibly over a V or small half-sovereign sized m and double punched, coarse border teeth, rev, crowned quartered shield of arms, with the arms of Hanover as an escutcheon, date below, finer border teeth, 7.97g (Marsh 17; MCE 490; S 3829B). Rim bruise, nearly very fine, reverse better, a very unusual die variety, rare.
ex St James's Auction 7, 8 February 2008, lot 602
Calendar year mintage 3,737,065.
Estimate: £800-1000
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. William IV, Sovereign, 1832, M over small m or V variety, second bare head right with coarse hair and flat topped, deeply engraved ear, W.W. fully incuse on truncation, nose points to second I in BRITANNIAR, second M possibly over a V or small half-sovereign sized m and double punched, coarse border teeth, rev, crowned quartered shield of arms, with the arms of Hanover as an escutcheon, date below, finer border teeth, 7.97g (Marsh 17; MCE 490; S 3829B). Rim bruise, nearly very fine, reverse better, a very unusual die variety, rare.
ex St James's Auction 7, 8 February 2008, lot 602
Calendar year mintage 3,737,065.
Estimate: £800-1000