Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 79 8 May 2013
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The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
Victoria, Sovereign, 1860, curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, 60 higher than 18, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, second I of legend missing lower right serif and R with lower left serif absent, no lower left serifs to letters in second word, unbarred first A in last word of legend, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, no lower left serif to last I of legend, 7.95g (Marsh 43; MCE 521; S 3852D). Once cleaned, good fine with associated surface marks.
ex St James's Auction 11, 8 May 2009, lot 407
Calendar year mintage 2,555,958
As we enter the 1860s we start to find more engraving oddities than ever as the quality of workmanship in the gold striking department seems to become more lax, which may part-explain why the introduction of the die number system occurred, as a means of new quality control. Once that occurred, engraving errors suddenly seem to all but disappear, as has been demonstrated in other parts of the chronology of the Bentley Collection.
1860 marks the year that James Wyon retires as resident engraver at the Mint and is succeeded by his son George Wyon.
Estimate: £250-300
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
Victoria, Sovereign, 1860, curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, 60 higher than 18, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, second I of legend missing lower right serif and R with lower left serif absent, no lower left serifs to letters in second word, unbarred first A in last word of legend, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, no lower left serif to last I of legend, 7.95g (Marsh 43; MCE 521; S 3852D). Once cleaned, good fine with associated surface marks.
ex St James's Auction 11, 8 May 2009, lot 407
Calendar year mintage 2,555,958
As we enter the 1860s we start to find more engraving oddities than ever as the quality of workmanship in the gold striking department seems to become more lax, which may part-explain why the introduction of the die number system occurred, as a means of new quality control. Once that occurred, engraving errors suddenly seem to all but disappear, as has been demonstrated in other parts of the chronology of the Bentley Collection.
1860 marks the year that James Wyon retires as resident engraver at the Mint and is succeeded by his son George Wyon.
Estimate: £250-300