Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 79 8 May 2013
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The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
The Very Rare Currency First Type Sovereign of 1825
George IV, Sovereign, 1825, engraved by Benedetto Pistrucci, first laureate head left, B.P. below, lettering with horizontally ruled interior compartments, GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:, milled border between linear concentric circles both sides, rev St George slaying dragon right with sword, broken lance on ground to left, light die flaw from tail to lance, WWP in relief below, date in exergue, only a trace of the upper serif on the 1 in date, with B.P. to upper right, edge plain, 7.98g (Marsh 9 R3; MCE 475; S 3800). Some light surface marks with a textured tone, otherwise pleasing extremely fine and extremely rare.
Calendar year mintage 4,200,343
The calendar year mintage figure unfortunately provides no split between the first and second types for this year. It is well known that the first type for 1825 is very rare indeed, and must have only been produced up to, or around, Easter 1825 and accounts for a small fraction of the mintage for the calendar year.
Estimate: £4000-5000
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
The Very Rare Currency First Type Sovereign of 1825
George IV, Sovereign, 1825, engraved by Benedetto Pistrucci, first laureate head left, B.P. below, lettering with horizontally ruled interior compartments, GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:, milled border between linear concentric circles both sides, rev St George slaying dragon right with sword, broken lance on ground to left, light die flaw from tail to lance, WWP in relief below, date in exergue, only a trace of the upper serif on the 1 in date, with B.P. to upper right, edge plain, 7.98g (Marsh 9 R3; MCE 475; S 3800). Some light surface marks with a textured tone, otherwise pleasing extremely fine and extremely rare.
Calendar year mintage 4,200,343
The calendar year mintage figure unfortunately provides no split between the first and second types for this year. It is well known that the first type for 1825 is very rare indeed, and must have only been produced up to, or around, Easter 1825 and accounts for a small fraction of the mintage for the calendar year.
Estimate: £4000-5000