Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 79 8 May 2013
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The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
1861 Sovereign with Unbarred A in GRATIA
Victoria, Sovereign, 1861, curvy closed 6 in date, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, 6 of date flawed shut, no lower serifs to first I and R of legend with some doubling, penultimate A of legend unbarred, other serifs in legend weak, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, 7.97g (Marsh 44; MCE 522; S 3852D). A little scuffed with surface marks, almost extremely fine.
ex St James's Auction 6, 8 June 2007, lot 558
Calendar year mintage 7,624,736
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 Unbarred A in GRATIA
Victoria, Sovereign, 1861, curvy closed 6 in date, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, 6 of date flawed shut, no lower serifs to first I and R of legend with some doubling, penultimate A of legend unbarred, other serifs in legend weak, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, 7.97g (Marsh 44; MCE 522; S 3852D). A little scuffed with surface marks, almost extremely fine.
ex St James's Auction 6, 8 June 2007, lot 558
Calendar year mintage 7,624,736
For further reading on varieties of 1861 Sovereigns see part one of the Bentley Collection, footnote to lot 84-90
Estimate: £300-400