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, 1864, die number 62, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, die flaw from 1 to neck, stub top to 4, curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, last A and 4 doubled, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, die number 62 below, wide spaced 62, emblems below, absent upper serif to B in legend, raised die flaw from left of centre of crown to rim, 7.93g (Marsh 49; MCE 525; S 3853). Scratch in field in front of neck, other scuffs and nicks, fine, reverse better.
Calendar year mintage 8,656,352
see footnote on Lot 443 for a brief synopsis of the 1864 die numbers. This coin was purchased from one of the groups of coins from the wreck of the RMS Douro that were not sold by auction and within the last 10 years.
Estimate: £300-350
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. Victoria, Sovereign, 1864, die number 62, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, die flaw from 1 to neck, stub top to 4, curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, last A and 4 doubled, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, die number 62 below, wide spaced 62, emblems below, absent upper serif to B in legend, raised die flaw from left of centre of crown to rim, 7.93g (Marsh 49; MCE 525; S 3853). Scratch in field in front of neck, other scuffs and nicks, fine, reverse better.
Calendar year mintage 8,656,352
see footnote on Lot 443 for a brief synopsis of the 1864 die numbers. This coin was purchased from one of the groups of coins from the wreck of the RMS Douro that were not sold by auction and within the last 10 years.
Estimate: £300-350