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, 1862, larger wider date with hooked type 6, 62 very high compared to 18, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, legend doubled both sides, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, some raised die flaws on reverse, noticeably between R and I and E and G at start and end of legend respectively, 7.97g (Marsh 45; MCE 523; S 3852D). Some light black surface marks, very fine and unusual.
purchased Spink and Son, May 2005
Calendar year mintage 7,836,413
For further reading on varieties of 1862 Sovereigns see footnote to Lots 91-94 in part one of the Bentley Collection.
Estimate: £300-350
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. Victoria, Sovereign, 1862, larger wider date with hooked type 6, 62 very high compared to 18, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, legend doubled both sides, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, some raised die flaws on reverse, noticeably between R and I and E and G at start and end of legend respectively, 7.97g (Marsh 45; MCE 523; S 3852D). Some light black surface marks, very fine and unusual.
purchased Spink and Son, May 2005
Calendar year mintage 7,836,413
For further reading on varieties of 1862 Sovereigns see footnote to Lots 91-94 in part one of the Bentley Collection.
Estimate: £300-350