Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 79 8 May 2013
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The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
Victoria, Sovereign, 1863, die number 6, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, curvy 6 with bulb top, date lightly die flawed, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, die number 6 below, emblems below, 7.98g (Marsh 48; MCE 524; S 3853). Light surface marks, once cleaned, about very fine to very fine.
ex Douro Cargo, Spink Auction 118, 20-21 November 1996, uncertain lot number
ex An Important Collection of Gold Sovereigns 1816-2000, offered as one lot, Sothebys, November 2000, lot 525 (part)
Calendar year mintage 5,921,669
See footnote to lot 1018 for a brief synopsis of the 1863 die numbers.
Estimate: £250-300
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
Victoria, Sovereign, 1863, die number 6, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, curvy 6 with bulb top, date lightly die flawed, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, die number 6 below, emblems below, 7.98g (Marsh 48; MCE 524; S 3853). Light surface marks, once cleaned, about very fine to very fine.
ex Douro Cargo, Spink Auction 118, 20-21 November 1996, uncertain lot number
ex An Important Collection of Gold Sovereigns 1816-2000, offered as one lot, Sothebys, November 2000, lot 525 (part)
Calendar year mintage 5,921,669
See footnote to lot 1018 for a brief synopsis of the 1863 die numbers.
Estimate: £250-300