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 64, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, stub top to 4, curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, doubled date and legend, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, die number 64 below, emblems below, absent upper serif to B in legend, 7.99g (Marsh 49; MCE 525; S 3853). A few light bagmarks, otherwise as struck with a very pleasing obverse, previously graded by NGC as MS63 CAMEO.
ex Jacob Y Terner collection, Goldberg, Hollywood, USA, 26-27 May 2003, lot 360
Calendar year mintage 8,656,352
see footnote on Lot 443 for a brief synopsis of the 1864 die numbers. Note the lack of upper serif on the letter B.
Estimate: £500-600
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. Victoria, Sovereign, 1864, die number 64, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, stub top to 4, curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, doubled date and legend, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, die number 64 below, emblems below, absent upper serif to B in legend, 7.99g (Marsh 49; MCE 525; S 3853). A few light bagmarks, otherwise as struck with a very pleasing obverse, previously graded by NGC as MS63 CAMEO.
ex Jacob Y Terner collection, Goldberg, Hollywood, USA, 26-27 May 2003, lot 360
Calendar year mintage 8,656,352
see footnote on Lot 443 for a brief synopsis of the 1864 die numbers. Note the lack of upper serif on the letter B.
Estimate: £500-600