Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 79 8 May 2013
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The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
1861 Sovereign with T Over a Tilted T in Queen's Name
Victoria, Sovereign, 1861, T over a tilting T in Queen's name, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, last A of second word doubled, 7.95g (Marsh 44; MCE 522; S 3852D). Once cleaned, with hairlines and surface marks, otherwise very fine, unusual.
ex St James's Auction 5, 27 September 2006, lot 629
Calendar year mintage 7,624,736
Another variety of legend with double punched letters in places, some more carelessly applied than others and with the T of VICTORIA correctly punched over the top of a quite tilted letter T at a diagonal angle.
For further reading on varieties of 1861 Sovereigns see part one of the Bentley Collection, footnote to lot 84-90
Estimate: £300-400
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
1861 Sovereign with T Over a Tilted T in Queen's Name
Victoria, Sovereign, 1861, T over a tilting T in Queen's name, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, last A of second word doubled, 7.95g (Marsh 44; MCE 522; S 3852D). Once cleaned, with hairlines and surface marks, otherwise very fine, unusual.
ex St James's Auction 5, 27 September 2006, lot 629
Calendar year mintage 7,624,736
Another variety of legend with double punched letters in places, some more carelessly applied than others and with the T of VICTORIA correctly punched over the top of a quite tilted letter T at a diagonal angle.
For further reading on varieties of 1861 Sovereigns see part one of the Bentley Collection, footnote to lot 84-90
Estimate: £300-400