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. The Extremely Rare Unbarred A Variety of 1842 Currency Sovereign. Victoria, Sovereign, 1842, unbarred A's in GRATIA, first young head left, ponytail terminates in single curved strand of hair, date below with nearly closed 2, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, edge milled, 7.97g (Marsh 25; MCE 502; S 3852). Surface marks, good fine to nearly very fine and extremely rare with the unbarred A's in legend.
ex St James's Auction 10, 6-7 November 2008, lot 526
Calendar year mintage 4,865,375
It is interesting to note that this is the same obverse die used for the 1841 Sovereign with unbarred A's and it was the 1842 version that was noted in print first. There are three varieties of the 1842 Sovereign in the Bentley Collection, normal 1842 (see Bentley part one), the very rare "open 2" (to be offered in Bentley part three) and the piece offered here, the extremely rare "unbarred A" variety which appears to be a product of weak cross-bars in the A's rather than an inverted "V" as some thought previously.
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Estimate: £800-1000
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. The Extremely Rare Unbarred A Variety of 1842 Currency Sovereign. Victoria, Sovereign, 1842, unbarred A's in GRATIA, first young head left, ponytail terminates in single curved strand of hair, date below with nearly closed 2, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, edge milled, 7.97g (Marsh 25; MCE 502; S 3852). Surface marks, good fine to nearly very fine and extremely rare with the unbarred A's in legend.
ex St James's Auction 10, 6-7 November 2008, lot 526
Calendar year mintage 4,865,375
It is interesting to note that this is the same obverse die used for the 1841 Sovereign with unbarred A's and it was the 1842 version that was noted in print first. There are three varieties of the 1842 Sovereign in the Bentley Collection, normal 1842 (see Bentley part one), the very rare "open 2" (to be offered in Bentley part three) and the piece offered here, the extremely rare "unbarred A" variety which appears to be a product of weak cross-bars in the A's rather than an inverted "V" as some thought previously.
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Estimate: £800-1000