Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 79 8 May 2013
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The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
George III, Sovereign, 1817, first laureate head right, coarse hair, date below, no upper right serif to fifth I of obverse legend, rev St George slaying dragon right with broken lance, the last three words of motto double struck, no upper left serif to I of HONI, raised rim both sides, 7.98g (Marsh 1; MCE 464; S 3785). Brilliant, lightly toned in reverse legend, otherwise good very fine.
purchased via A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, April 2009
Calendar year mintage 3,235,239
Some of the letters in the legend lack serifs, no doubt due to blockages or the employment of faulty letter punches, with corner serifs broken off, to prepare the dies. See the introduction to this catalogue for a discussion about this.
Estimate: £600-800
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
George III, Sovereign, 1817, first laureate head right, coarse hair, date below, no upper right serif to fifth I of obverse legend, rev St George slaying dragon right with broken lance, the last three words of motto double struck, no upper left serif to I of HONI, raised rim both sides, 7.98g (Marsh 1; MCE 464; S 3785). Brilliant, lightly toned in reverse legend, otherwise good very fine.
purchased via A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, April 2009
Calendar year mintage 3,235,239
Some of the letters in the legend lack serifs, no doubt due to blockages or the employment of faulty letter punches, with corner serifs broken off, to prepare the dies. See the introduction to this catalogue for a discussion about this.
Estimate: £600-800