Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 76 27 September 2012
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
THE BENTLEY COLLECTION OF MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS.
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. Victoria, Sovereign, 1850, thin topped 1 in date with no upper serif, second larger young head left, date below, doubled legend and date, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, 7.97g (Marsh 33 R; MCE 511; S 3852C). Once cleaned, nearly extremely fine and very unusual.
ex A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd sourced via Paul Davies Ltd, October 2010
Calendar year mintage 1,402,039
For further reading on varieties of 1850 Sovereigns see footnote to Lots 59-61 in part one of the Bentley Collection.
Estimate: £800-1000
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. Victoria, Sovereign, 1850, thin topped 1 in date with no upper serif, second larger young head left, date below, doubled legend and date, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, 7.97g (Marsh 33 R; MCE 511; S 3852C). Once cleaned, nearly extremely fine and very unusual.
ex A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd sourced via Paul Davies Ltd, October 2010
Calendar year mintage 1,402,039
For further reading on varieties of 1850 Sovereigns see footnote to Lots 59-61 in part one of the Bentley Collection.
Estimate: £800-1000