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, 1865, die number 21, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, angled top 5, die flawed curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, light die flaw between T and I of last word, hint of doubling both sides, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, die number 21 below, emblems below, 7.98g (Marsh 50; MCE 526; S 3853). Heavily scuffed on obverse, hairlined, about extremely fine.
Calendar year mintage 1,450,238
see footnote on Lot 474 for a brief synopsis of the 1865 die numbers.
Estimate: £300-400
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. Victoria, Sovereign, 1865, die number 21, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, angled top 5, die flawed curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, light die flaw between T and I of last word, hint of doubling both sides, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, die number 21 below, emblems below, 7.98g (Marsh 50; MCE 526; S 3853). Heavily scuffed on obverse, hairlined, about extremely fine.
Calendar year mintage 1,450,238
see footnote on Lot 474 for a brief synopsis of the 1865 die numbers.
Estimate: £300-400