Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 79 8 May 2013
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The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
Uniface Copper Obverse Pattern Possibly for a Sovereign, circa 1863
Victoria, Uniface Pattern Obverse Trial, 1863, 63 double struck with curvy bulbed 6, struck in copper and gilt lightly on obverse only, by Charles Wiener, young head left with emblematic wreath of shamrocks, rose and thistle in hair, long ribbon ties at rear, C.W below truncation, date below, VICTORIA REGINA, toothed border and raised rim, rev plain, edge plain, 5.74g, 22.3mm, thickness 2mm (cf ESC 1372, with legend of 1377). Gilding wearing through, some blank filing on plain side and on rim, good extremely fine and perhaps unique.
ex Patina collection, Spink Auction 1298, 11 July 2001, lot 1028
This unusual uniface pattern was added to the Bentley Collection because it could have been for a Sovereign proposal, it not being exactly recorded in the usual references for silver coinage. It is worthy of further research, perhaps in collaboration with the Royal Mint.
Estimate: £600-800
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
Uniface Copper Obverse Pattern Possibly for a Sovereign, circa 1863
Victoria, Uniface Pattern Obverse Trial, 1863, 63 double struck with curvy bulbed 6, struck in copper and gilt lightly on obverse only, by Charles Wiener, young head left with emblematic wreath of shamrocks, rose and thistle in hair, long ribbon ties at rear, C.W below truncation, date below, VICTORIA REGINA, toothed border and raised rim, rev plain, edge plain, 5.74g, 22.3mm, thickness 2mm (cf ESC 1372, with legend of 1377). Gilding wearing through, some blank filing on plain side and on rim, good extremely fine and perhaps unique.
ex Patina collection, Spink Auction 1298, 11 July 2001, lot 1028
This unusual uniface pattern was added to the Bentley Collection because it could have been for a Sovereign proposal, it not being exactly recorded in the usual references for silver coinage. It is worthy of further research, perhaps in collaboration with the Royal Mint.
Estimate: £600-800