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 86, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, die flaw from tip of neck to rim, date below, stub top to 4, curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, obverse legend doubled, I of DEI flawed to head, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, die number 86 below, emblems below, 8.00g (Marsh 49; MCE 525; S 3853). Some light surface marks, pleasing good extremely fine.
ex Douro Cargo, Spink Auction 118, 20-21 November 1996, lot 1350 (part)
Calendar year mintage 8,656,352
see footnote on Lot 443 for a brief synopsis of the 1864 die numbers.
Estimate: £400-500
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. Victoria, Sovereign, 1864, die number 86, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, die flaw from tip of neck to rim, date below, stub top to 4, curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, obverse legend doubled, I of DEI flawed to head, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, die number 86 below, emblems below, 8.00g (Marsh 49; MCE 525; S 3853). Some light surface marks, pleasing good extremely fine.
ex Douro Cargo, Spink Auction 118, 20-21 November 1996, lot 1350 (part)
Calendar year mintage 8,656,352
see footnote on Lot 443 for a brief synopsis of the 1864 die numbers.
Estimate: £400-500