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g Extremely Rare Gold Proof Sovereign With St George Reverse Dated 1880, Ex Bentley Collection
Victoria (1837-1901), gold Proof Sovereign, 1880, young head left of third style, with double fillet, ponytail complete, WW buried in thin truncation in relief meets field, engraved after William Wyon, legend surrounding, VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:, rev. struck with inverted die axis, St George slaying dragon with sword, horse with long tail, broken lance on ground-line to left, WWP in relief under lance, date in exergue, tiny B.P. to upper right, after Benedetto Pistrucci, edge milled, 7.97g (Bentley 1222 this coin; WR 325 R6; Murdoch 514; Nobleman -; Douglas-Morris -). Well defined strike from quite yellow gold with a nice cameo contrast between design and field, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as PF61 Cameo and of the highest rarity.
NGC certification 4862557-008.
The extremely rare proof St George reverse Sovereign dated 1880 was perhaps struck by order of the Melbourne Mint in Australia as they wanted to display examples of all the Royal Mint coinage at the International Exhibition in 1880 and would need to show an obverse and a reverse at least. Charles W Fremantle the Deputy Master in London certainly supplied two specimen proofs of this coin as well as two each of the other UK coins in proof to go towards this event in Australia. The coins were sent to the Deputy Master at Melbourne Mr V Delves Broughton during 1879 and the rims exhibit a bevelled finished to round them off nicely for display. For further reading see the journal of the Australian Numismatic Society, volume 2, 1986, article "the Numismatic Collection of the Museum of Victoria" by John Sharples.
Provenance:
Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, December 1992, item 7602.
Ex An Important Collection of Gold Sovereigns 1816-2000, offered as one lot, Sotheby, 16-17th November 2000, lot 525 (part).
Ex Bentley Collection, part III, Baldwin Auction 78, 8th May 2013, lot 1222.
g This item is sold under the investment gold scheme. VAT may be reclaimed on investment gold lots by VAT registered traders.
Victoria (1837-1901), gold Proof Sovereign, 1880, young head left of third style, with double fillet, ponytail complete, WW buried in thin truncation in relief meets field, engraved after William Wyon, legend surrounding, VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:, rev. struck with inverted die axis, St George slaying dragon with sword, horse with long tail, broken lance on ground-line to left, WWP in relief under lance, date in exergue, tiny B.P. to upper right, after Benedetto Pistrucci, edge milled, 7.97g (Bentley 1222 this coin; WR 325 R6; Murdoch 514; Nobleman -; Douglas-Morris -). Well defined strike from quite yellow gold with a nice cameo contrast between design and field, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as PF61 Cameo and of the highest rarity.
NGC certification 4862557-008.
The extremely rare proof St George reverse Sovereign dated 1880 was perhaps struck by order of the Melbourne Mint in Australia as they wanted to display examples of all the Royal Mint coinage at the International Exhibition in 1880 and would need to show an obverse and a reverse at least. Charles W Fremantle the Deputy Master in London certainly supplied two specimen proofs of this coin as well as two each of the other UK coins in proof to go towards this event in Australia. The coins were sent to the Deputy Master at Melbourne Mr V Delves Broughton during 1879 and the rims exhibit a bevelled finished to round them off nicely for display. For further reading see the journal of the Australian Numismatic Society, volume 2, 1986, article "the Numismatic Collection of the Museum of Victoria" by John Sharples.
Provenance:
Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, December 1992, item 7602.
Ex An Important Collection of Gold Sovereigns 1816-2000, offered as one lot, Sotheby, 16-17th November 2000, lot 525 (part).
Ex Bentley Collection, part III, Baldwin Auction 78, 8th May 2013, lot 1222.
g This item is sold under the investment gold scheme. VAT may be reclaimed on investment gold lots by VAT registered traders.