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Auction 79 8 May 2013
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The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
1862 Sovereign with R Over Inverted R in Queen's Name
Victoria, Sovereign, 1862, with R struck over an inverted R in Queen's name, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, curvy rounded open 6 with bulbous top, 1 over a lower 1, last A of legend doubled, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, 7.99g (cf Marsh 45; MCE 523; S 3852D). Toned with lustre, pleasing extremely fine and still the finest known of this variety to the cataloguer, not many more have appeared for sale, very rare.
ex Northeast Numismatics, via Spink and Son, Atlanta ANA show, August 2002
Calendar year mintage 7,836,413
This example of the very rare R over inverted R variety was the very first discovered by the cataloguer. It was originally housed in a PCGS holder, graded as MS62, but the variety not noted. The cataloguer pointed out the new discovery to James Ricks of Northeast Numismatics and a deal was struck to have the coin find its way to the Bentley Collection. It was discoveries such as this that continued to excite the Bentley collector and has helped the Standard Catalogue of British Coins to harvest more and more varieties well beyond the scope of Marsh, which does not record this more recent discovery.
It would seem the engraver of this die punched the letter R in upside down and then corrected it over the top.
1862 marks the year at the Mint that resident engraver George Wyon dies, the post becomes vacant until 1865.
Estimate: £1000-1500
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
1862 Sovereign with R Over Inverted R in Queen's Name
Victoria, Sovereign, 1862, with R struck over an inverted R in Queen's name, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, curvy rounded open 6 with bulbous top, 1 over a lower 1, last A of legend doubled, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, 7.99g (cf Marsh 45; MCE 523; S 3852D). Toned with lustre, pleasing extremely fine and still the finest known of this variety to the cataloguer, not many more have appeared for sale, very rare.
ex Northeast Numismatics, via Spink and Son, Atlanta ANA show, August 2002
Calendar year mintage 7,836,413
This example of the very rare R over inverted R variety was the very first discovered by the cataloguer. It was originally housed in a PCGS holder, graded as MS62, but the variety not noted. The cataloguer pointed out the new discovery to James Ricks of Northeast Numismatics and a deal was struck to have the coin find its way to the Bentley Collection. It was discoveries such as this that continued to excite the Bentley collector and has helped the Standard Catalogue of British Coins to harvest more and more varieties well beyond the scope of Marsh, which does not record this more recent discovery.
It would seem the engraver of this die punched the letter R in upside down and then corrected it over the top.
1862 marks the year at the Mint that resident engraver George Wyon dies, the post becomes vacant until 1865.
Estimate: £1000-1500