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, 1863, die number 17, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, die flawed and doubled date, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, die number 17 below, emblems below, 7.91g (Marsh 48; MCE 524; S 3853). Scuffed with surface marks, very fine.
ex London Coins Auction 103, November 2003
Calendar year mintage 5,921,669
It is interesting to note that, as one of the lower grade Sovereigns in the Bentley Collection, this coin is well under the legal tender weight limit that was set in successive Coinage Acts from 1816-1891.
see footnote on Lot 435 for a brief synopsis of the 1863 die numbers.
Estimate: £300-350
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. Victoria, Sovereign, 1863, die number 17, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, die flawed and doubled date, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, die number 17 below, emblems below, 7.91g (Marsh 48; MCE 524; S 3853). Scuffed with surface marks, very fine.
ex London Coins Auction 103, November 2003
Calendar year mintage 5,921,669
It is interesting to note that, as one of the lower grade Sovereigns in the Bentley Collection, this coin is well under the legal tender weight limit that was set in successive Coinage Acts from 1816-1891.
see footnote on Lot 435 for a brief synopsis of the 1863 die numbers.
Estimate: £300-350