Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 79 8 May 2013
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The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
1860 Sovereign with Large 0 in Date
Victoria, Sovereign, 1860, curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, larger taller 0 in date, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, E of second word over a higher E, 7.95g (Marsh 43; MCE 521; S 3852D). Some surface marks, almost very fine, reverse better.
ex DNW auction, 7 October 2003, lot 489, bought via Spink and Son Ltd
Calendar year mintage 2,555,958
For further reading on varieties of 1860 Sovereigns see the Bentley Collection part two, footnote to lot 427-428
Estimate: £250-300
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
1860 Sovereign with Large 0 in Date
Victoria, Sovereign, 1860, curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, larger taller 0 in date, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, E of second word over a higher E, 7.95g (Marsh 43; MCE 521; S 3852D). Some surface marks, almost very fine, reverse better.
ex DNW auction, 7 October 2003, lot 489, bought via Spink and Son Ltd
Calendar year mintage 2,555,958
For further reading on varieties of 1860 Sovereigns see the Bentley Collection part two, footnote to lot 427-428
Estimate: £250-300