Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 79 8 May 2013
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The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
Victoria, Sovereign, 1864, die number 12, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, stub top to 4, curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, die flawed 1 in date from neck to rim, some light doubling of legend, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, die number 12 below, emblems below, 7.95g (Marsh 49; MCE 525; S 3853). Once cleaned, more brilliant on the reverse, with surface marks and scuffs with hairlines, otherwise about very fine.
Purchased via Spink and Son Ltd, November 2003
Calendar year mintage 8,656,352
See footnote to lot 1026 for a brief synopsis of the 1864 die numbers
Estimate: £250-300
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
Victoria, Sovereign, 1864, die number 12, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, stub top to 4, curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, die flawed 1 in date from neck to rim, some light doubling of legend, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, die number 12 below, emblems below, 7.95g (Marsh 49; MCE 525; S 3853). Once cleaned, more brilliant on the reverse, with surface marks and scuffs with hairlines, otherwise about very fine.
Purchased via Spink and Son Ltd, November 2003
Calendar year mintage 8,656,352
See footnote to lot 1026 for a brief synopsis of the 1864 die numbers
Estimate: £250-300