Watch List notes:

HANOVER. Victoria. 1837-1901. Proof AV Half Sovereign (19mm, 3.99 g, 6h). Young Head coinage. London mint. Dated 1853. Head left, with hair tied in fillet / Crowned coat-of-arms. Edge: straight grained. W&R 347; Marsh 427B; MCE 575; SCBC 3859. In NGC encapsulation 4745877-007, graded PF 64+ Cameo. Brilliant fields. Very rare.


From the G.W.K. Roberts Collection, purchased from Seaby, August 1972.