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. Victoria, Sovereign, 1855, connected though doubled figure 5's in date, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, date and legend doubled both sides, flaw from first I in legend towards rim, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel, emblems below, 7.98g (cf Marsh 37; MCE 516; S 3852D). Once cleaned, light surface marks, nearly very fine.
ex St James's Auction 13, 6 May 2010, lot 979
Calendar year mintage 8,448,482
For further reading on varieties of 1855 Sovereigns see footnotes to Lots 72-74 in part one of the Bentley Collection.
Estimate: £300-350
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. Victoria, Sovereign, 1855, connected though doubled figure 5's in date, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, date and legend doubled both sides, flaw from first I in legend towards rim, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel, emblems below, 7.98g (cf Marsh 37; MCE 516; S 3852D). Once cleaned, light surface marks, nearly very fine.
ex St James's Auction 13, 6 May 2010, lot 979
Calendar year mintage 8,448,482
For further reading on varieties of 1855 Sovereigns see footnotes to Lots 72-74 in part one of the Bentley Collection.
Estimate: £300-350